diff --git a/modules/app/rss/config.el b/modules/app/rss/config.el
index c5657eec8..4f30c1b9e 100644
--- a/modules/app/rss/config.el
+++ b/modules/app/rss/config.el
@@ -67,8 +67,12 @@ easier to scroll through.")
   :preface
   (setq rmh-elfeed-org-files (list "elfeed.org"))
   :config
-  (and (let ((default-directory org-directory))
-         (setq rmh-elfeed-org-files
-               (cl-remove-if-not
-                #'file-exists-p (mapcar #'expand-file-name rmh-elfeed-org-files))))
-       (elfeed-org)))
+  (elfeed-org)
+  (defadvice! +rss-skip-missing-org-files-a (&rest _)
+    :before '(elfeed rmh-elfeed-org-mark-feed-ignore elfeed-org-export-opml)
+    (unless (file-name-absolute-p (car rmh-elfeed-org-files))
+      (let* ((default-directory org-directory)
+             (files (mapcar #'expand-file-name rmh-elfeed-org-files)))
+        (dolist (file (cl-remove-if #'file-exists-p files))
+          (message "elfeed-org: ignoring %S because it can't be read" file))
+        (setq rmh-elfeed-org-files (cl-remove-if-not #'file-exists-p files))))))