diff --git a/lib/cap-ec2/ec2-handler.rb b/lib/cap-ec2/ec2-handler.rb
index cc32a6e..52c9cc0 100644
--- a/lib/cap-ec2/ec2-handler.rb
+++ b/lib/cap-ec2/ec2-handler.rb
@@ -95,10 +95,14 @@ def instance_has_tag?(instance, key, value)
 
     def instance_status_ok?(instance)
       @ec2.any? do |_, ec2|
-        ec2.describe_instance_status(
-          instance_ids: [instance.instance_id],
-          filters: [{ name: 'instance-status.status', values: %w(ok) }]
-        ).instance_statuses.length == 1
+        begin
+          ec2.describe_instance_status(
+            instance_ids: [instance.instance_id],
+            filters: [{ name: 'instance-status.status', values: %w(ok) }]
+          ).instance_statuses.length == 1
+        rescue Aws::EC2::Errors::InvalidInstanceIDNotFound
+          false
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/cap-ec2/utils.rb b/lib/cap-ec2/utils.rb
index 2c7a38d..cc66033 100644
--- a/lib/cap-ec2/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/cap-ec2/utils.rb
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ def load_config
       end
 
       config_location = File.expand_path(fetch(:ec2_config), Dir.pwd) if fetch(:ec2_config)
-      if config_location && File.exists?(config_location)
-        config = YAML.load(ERB.new(File.read(fetch(:ec2_config))))
+      if config_location && File.exist?(config_location)
+        config = YAML.load(ERB.new(File.read(fetch(:ec2_config))).result)
         if config
           set :ec2_project_tag, config['project_tag'] if config['project_tag']
           set :ec2_roles_tag, config['roles_tag'] if config['roles_tag']