diff --git a/config.org b/config.org
index 9fb3dbe..8a6ea3d 100644
--- a/config.org
+++ b/config.org
@@ -663,7 +663,9 @@
       (use-package slime)
       (setq inferior-lisp-program "sbcl")
       (global-set-key (kbd "C-c s") 'slime-selector)
-      (load (expand-file-name "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el"))
+      (let ((helper-filename "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el"))
+        (when (file-exists-p helper-filename)
+          (load (expand-file-name helper-filename))))
     #+end_src
 
     This assumes that SBCL and Quicklisp, along with Quicklisp's SLIME