diff --git a/web/lib/tasks/scheduler.rake b/web/lib/tasks/scheduler.rake
index 387ff20ed..913e68b65 100644
--- a/web/lib/tasks/scheduler.rake
+++ b/web/lib/tasks/scheduler.rake
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ task :scheduler => :environment do
   if File.exist? File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../..', 'config/scheduler_override.yml')
     puts "scheduler_override file found. loading..."
     override = YAML.load_file(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../..', 'config/scheduler_override.yml'))
-    config.merge!(override)
+    if override # override will be false if file is empty
+      config.merge!(override)
+    else
+      puts "schedule_override is empty... skipping..."
+    end
+
   end
 
   Resque.schedule = config