diff --git a/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/configure.py b/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/configure.py
index 00423acf..7c1d0683 100644
--- a/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/configure.py
+++ b/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/configure.py
@@ -9,14 +9,10 @@
 
 import yaml
 
-from llama_stack_client.lib.cli.constants import LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_CONFIG_DIR
+from llama_stack_client.lib.cli.constants import get_config_file_path
 from llama_stack_client.lib.cli.subcommand import Subcommand
 
 
-def get_config_file_path():
-    return LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_CONFIG_DIR / "config.yaml"
-
-
 def get_config():
     config_file = get_config_file_path()
     if config_file.exists():
diff --git a/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/constants.py b/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/constants.py
index 6892c1ef..22595747 100644
--- a/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/constants.py
+++ b/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/constants.py
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_CONFIG_DIR = Path(os.path.expanduser("~/.llama/client"))
+
+
+def get_config_file_path():
+    return LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_CONFIG_DIR / "config.yaml"
diff --git a/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/llama_stack_client.py b/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/llama_stack_client.py
index c97109bf..85840bf7 100644
--- a/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/llama_stack_client.py
+++ b/src/llama_stack_client/lib/cli/llama_stack_client.py
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
 
 import argparse
 
+from llama_stack_client.lib.cli.constants import get_config_file_path
+
 from .configure import ConfigureParser
-from .providers import ProvidersParser
 from .memory_banks import MemoryBanksParser
 
 from .models import ModelsParser
+from .providers import ProvidersParser
 from .shields import ShieldsParser
 
 
@@ -38,6 +40,12 @@ def parse_args(self) -> argparse.Namespace:
         return self.parser.parse_args()
 
     def run(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
+        if not get_config_file_path().exists():
+            print(
+                "Config file not found. Please run 'llama-stack-client configure' to create one."
+            )
+            return
+
         args.func(args)