diff --git a/lib/whenever/command_line.rb b/lib/whenever/command_line.rb
index 8d490a82..08e6c09e 100644
--- a/lib/whenever/command_line.rb
+++ b/lib/whenever/command_line.rb
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ class CommandLine
     def self.execute(options={})
       new(options).run
     end
-    
+
     def initialize(options={})
       @options = options
-      
+
       @options[:file]       ||= 'config/schedule.rb'
       @options[:cut]        ||= 0
       @options[:identifier] ||= default_identifier
-      
-      unless File.exists?(@options[:file])
+
+      if !File.exists?(@options[:file]) && @options[:clear].nil?
         warn("[fail] Can't find file: #{@options[:file]}")
         exit(1)
       end
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def initialize(options={})
       end
       @options[:cut] = @options[:cut].to_i
     end
-    
+
     def run
       if @options[:update] || @options[:clear]
         write_crontab(updated_crontab)
@@ -43,28 +43,28 @@ def run
         exit(0)
       end
     end
-    
+
   protected
-    
+
     def default_identifier
       File.expand_path(@options[:file])
     end
-  
+
     def whenever_cron
       return '' if @options[:clear]
       @whenever_cron ||= [comment_open, Whenever.cron(@options), comment_close].compact.join("\n") + "\n"
     end
-    
+
     def read_crontab
       return @current_crontab if @current_crontab
-      
+
       command = ['crontab -l']
       command << "-u #{@options[:user]}" if @options[:user]
-      
+
       command_results  = %x[#{command.join(' ')} 2> /dev/null]
       @current_crontab = $?.exitstatus.zero? ? prepare(command_results) : ''
     end
-    
+
     def write_crontab(contents)
       tmp_cron_file = Tempfile.open('whenever_tmp_cron')
       tmp_cron_file << contents
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ def write_crontab(contents)
         exit(1)
       end
     end
-    
-    def updated_crontab   
+
+    def updated_crontab
       # Check for unopened or unclosed identifier blocks
       if read_crontab =~ Regexp.new("^#{comment_open}\s*$") && (read_crontab =~ Regexp.new("^#{comment_close}\s*$")).nil?
         warn "[fail] Unclosed indentifier; Your crontab file contains '#{comment_open}', but no '#{comment_close}'"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def updated_crontab
         warn "[fail] Unopened indentifier; Your crontab file contains '#{comment_close}', but no '#{comment_open}'"
         exit(1)
       end
-      
+
       # If an existing identier block is found, replace it with the new cron entries
       if read_crontab =~ Regexp.new("^#{comment_open}\s*$") && read_crontab =~ Regexp.new("^#{comment_close}\s*$")
         # If the existing crontab file contains backslashes they get lost going through gsub.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def updated_crontab
         [read_crontab, whenever_cron].join("\n\n")
       end.gsub(/\n{3,}/, "\n\n") # More than two newlines becomes just two.
     end
-    
+
     def prepare(contents)
       # Strip n lines from the top of the file as specified by the :cut option.
       # Use split with a -1 limit option to ensure the join is able to rebuild
@@ -114,19 +114,19 @@ def prepare(contents)
       stripped_contents = contents.split($/,-1)[@options[:cut]..-1].join($/)
 
       # Some cron implementations require all non-comment lines to be newline-
-      # terminated. (issue #95) Strip all newlines and replace with the default 
+      # terminated. (issue #95) Strip all newlines and replace with the default
       # platform record seperator ($/)
       stripped_contents.gsub!(/\s+$/, $/)
     end
-    
+
     def comment_base
       "Whenever generated tasks for: #{@options[:identifier]}"
     end
-    
+
     def comment_open
       "# Begin #{comment_base}"
     end
-    
+
     def comment_close
       "# End #{comment_base}"
     end
diff --git a/test/functional/command_line_test.rb b/test/functional/command_line_test.rb
index f811e1ab..d390a4a8 100644
--- a/test/functional/command_line_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/command_line_test.rb
@@ -161,6 +161,18 @@ class CommandLineTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  context "A command line clear with no schedule file" do
+    setup do
+      File.expects(:exists?).with('config/schedule.rb').returns(false)
+      @command = Whenever::CommandLine.new(:clear => true, :identifier => 'My identifier')
+    end
+
+    should "run successfully" do
+      @command.expects(:write_crontab).returns(true)
+      assert @command.run
+    end
+  end
+
   context "A command line update with no identifier" do
     setup do
       File.expects(:exists?).with('config/schedule.rb').returns(true)