diff --git a/experiments/experiments.go b/experiments/experiments.go
index 24bd16b1df..3e14d39a03 100644
--- a/experiments/experiments.go
+++ b/experiments/experiments.go
@@ -33,14 +33,12 @@ var xList []Experiment
 
 func Parse(dir string) {
 	config, _ := taskrc.GetConfig(dir)
-
 	ParseWithConfig(dir, config)
 }
 
 func ParseWithConfig(dir string, config *ast.TaskRC) {
 	// Read any .env files
 	readDotEnv(dir)
-
 	// Initialize the experiments
 	GentleForce = New("GENTLE_FORCE", config, 1)
 	RemoteTaskfiles = New("REMOTE_TASKFILES", config, 1)
diff --git a/taskrc/taskrc.go b/taskrc/taskrc.go
index 2a8566c60b..bfa91093c5 100644
--- a/taskrc/taskrc.go
+++ b/taskrc/taskrc.go
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ func GetConfig(dir string) (*ast.TaskRC, error) {
 	// Find all the nodes from the given directory up to the users home directory
 	absDir, err := filepath.Abs(dir)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return config, err
 	}
 	entrypoints, err := fsext.SearchAll("", absDir, defaultTaskRCs)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return config, err
 	}
 
 	// Reverse the entrypoints since we want the child files to override parent ones