diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index a64efdf..a38ae5b 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ def valid_check(self) -> 'CaSettings':
         if self.enabled:
             if not self.encryption_key:
                 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
-                raise ValueError('Env Var ca_encryption_key is missing, use this freshly generated key: ' + Fernet.generate_key().decode())
+                print('Env Var ca_encryption_key is missing, use this freshly generated key: ' + Fernet.generate_key().decode())
+                exit(1)
             if self.cert_lifetime.days < 1:
                 raise ValueError('Cert lifetime for internal CA must be at least one day, not: ' + str(self.cert_lifetime))
             if self.crl_lifetime.days < 1: