diff --git a/src/main/java/com/lazerycode/selenium/SeleniumServerMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/lazerycode/selenium/SeleniumServerMojo.java
index 85b14aa..f7a5879 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/lazerycode/selenium/SeleniumServerMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/lazerycode/selenium/SeleniumServerMojo.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class SeleniumServerMojo extends AbstractMojo {
      * <h3>Path to the XML RepositoryMap</h3>
      * <p>&lt;xmlRepositoryMap&gt;${project.basedir}/src/test/resources/RepositoryMap.xml&lt;/xmlRepositoryMap&gt;</p>
      */
-    @Parameter
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.basedir}/src/test/resources/RepositoryMap.xml")
     protected String customRepositoryMap;
 
     /**
@@ -315,11 +315,12 @@ private void setRepositoryMapFile() throws MojoExecutionException {
                     throw new MojoExecutionException(ioe.getLocalizedMessage());
                 }
             } else {
-                throw new MojoExecutionException("Repository map '" + repositoryMap.getAbsolutePath() + "' does not exist");
+                LOG.warn("Repository map '" + repositoryMap.getAbsolutePath() + "' does not exist!");
             }
         }
 
         if (this.xmlRepositoryMap == null) {
+            LOG.info("Using internal RepositoryMap.xml.");
             this.xmlRepositoryMap = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/RepositoryMap.xml");
         }
     }
@@ -345,4 +346,4 @@ protected void checkRepositoryMapIsValid(File repositoryMap) throws MojoExecutio
             throw new MojoExecutionException(repositoryMap.getName() + " is not valid: " + ex.getLocalizedMessage());
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}