diff --git a/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c b/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
index 14f4a4c81d..988e993dc6 100644
--- a/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
+++ b/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ static paramdef_t Config_Params[] = {
 };
 // clang-format on
 
-int load_config_sharedlib(configmodule_interface_t *cfgptr) {
+static int load_config_sharedlib(configmodule_interface_t *cfgptr)
+{
   void *lib_handle;
   char fname[128];
   char libname[FILENAME_MAX];
@@ -380,7 +381,7 @@ configmodule_interface_t *load_configmodule(int argc,
       Config_Params[idx].strptr = &(cfgptr->tmpdir);
       config_get(cfgptr, Config_Params, sizeofArray(Config_Params), CONFIG_SECTIONNAME);
     } else {
-      fprintf(stderr,"[CONFIG] %s %d config module \"%s\" couldn't be loaded\n", __FILE__, __LINE__,cfgmode);
+      fprintf(stderr, "[CONFIG] config module \"%s\" couldn't be loaded\n", cfgmode);
       cfgptr->rtflags = cfgptr->rtflags | CONFIG_HELP | CONFIG_ABORT;
     }
   } else {
@@ -396,11 +397,6 @@ configmodule_interface_t *load_configmodule(int argc,
 
   if (cfgmode != NULL) free(cfgmode);
 
-  if (CONFIG_ISFLAGSET(CONFIG_ABORT)) {
-    config_printhelp(Config_Params, sizeofArray(Config_Params), CONFIG_SECTIONNAME);
-    //       exit(-1);
-  }
-
   return cfgptr;
 }
 
diff --git a/executables/nr-softmodem.c b/executables/nr-softmodem.c
index 614fecad62..938bbeee88 100644
--- a/executables/nr-softmodem.c
+++ b/executables/nr-softmodem.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv ) {
   start_background_system();
 
   ///static configuration for NR at the moment
-  if ((uniqCfg = load_configmodule(argc, argv, CONFIG_ENABLECMDLINEONLY)) == NULL) {
+  if ((uniqCfg = load_configmodule(argc, argv, CONFIG_ENABLECMDLINEONLY)) == NULL || CONFIG_ISFLAGSET(CONFIG_ABORT)) {
     exit_fun("[SOFTMODEM] Error, configuration module init failed\n");
   }
 
@@ -528,11 +528,6 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv ) {
   lock_memory_to_ram();
   get_options(uniqCfg);
 
-  if (CONFIG_ISFLAGSET(CONFIG_ABORT) ) {
-    fprintf(stderr,"Getting configuration failed\n");
-    exit(-1);
-  }
-
   if (!has_cap_sys_nice())
     LOG_W(UTIL,
           "no SYS_NICE capability: cannot set thread priority and affinity, consider running with sudo for optimum performance\n");
diff --git a/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.c b/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.c
index a0e06850b7..50d3f6946e 100644
--- a/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.c
+++ b/executables/nr-uesoftmodem.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
   start_background_system();
 
-  if ((uniqCfg = load_configmodule(argc, argv, CONFIG_ENABLECMDLINEONLY)) == NULL) {
+  if ((uniqCfg = load_configmodule(argc, argv, CONFIG_ENABLECMDLINEONLY)) == NULL || CONFIG_ISFLAGSET(CONFIG_ABORT)) {
     exit_fun("[SOFTMODEM] Error, configuration module init failed\n");
   }
   //set_softmodem_sighandler();