diff --git a/.eggs/README.txt b/.eggs/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d01668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eggs/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+This directory contains eggs that were downloaded by setuptools to build, test, and run plug-ins.
+
+This directory caches those eggs to prevent repeated downloads.
+
+However, it is safe to delete this directory.
+
diff --git a/bootstrap_cfn/config.py b/bootstrap_cfn/config.py
index 42b2011..18e9562 100644
--- a/bootstrap_cfn/config.py
+++ b/bootstrap_cfn/config.py
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ def process(self):
         data.update(s3)
         for i in elb:
             data.update(i)
-        for k,v in elb_sgs.items():
-            data[k] = v
+        if 'elb_sgs' in locals():
+            for k, v in elb_sgs.items():
+                data[k] = v
 
         template = json.loads(pkgutil.get_data('bootstrap_cfn', 'stacks/base.json'))
         template['Resources'] = data
diff --git a/tests/test.py b/tests/test.py
index 6c92dfb..7a7fbf8 100644
--- a/tests/test.py
+++ b/tests/test.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def test_stack_wait_for_stack_not_done(self):
         with self.assertRaises(errors.CfnTimeoutError):
             print cloudformation.Cloudformation(
                 self.env.aws_profile).wait_for_stack_done(self.stack_name, 1, 1)
-        
+
     def test_wait_for_stack_done(self):
         stack_evt_mock = mock.Mock()
         rt = mock.PropertyMock(return_value='AWS::CloudFormation::Stack')
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ def test_is_ssh_up(self):
         mock_client = mock.Mock()
         mock_config = {'connect.side_effect':AuthenticationException}
         mock_client.configure_mock(**mock_config)
-        mock_p.return_value = mock_client 
+        mock_p.return_value = mock_client
         paramiko.SSHClient = mock_p
         self.assertTrue(ssh.is_ssh_up('1.1.1.1'))
 
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ def test_is_ssh_not_up(self):
         mock_client = mock.Mock()
         mock_config = {'connect.side_effect':socket.error}
         mock_client.configure_mock(**mock_config)
-        mock_p.return_value = mock_client 
+        mock_p.return_value = mock_client
         paramiko.SSHClient = mock_p
         self.assertFalse(ssh.is_ssh_up('1.1.1.1'))
 
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 47ac715..6a16a1f 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -238,6 +238,15 @@ def test_elb(self):
         elb_cfg, elb_sgs = config.elb()
         compare(known, elb_cfg)
 
+    def test_elb_no_sgs(self):
+        from testfixtures import compare
+        project_config = ProjectConfig('tests/sample-project.yaml', 'dev')
+        # Assuming there's no ELB defined
+        project_config.config.pop('elb')
+        project_config.config.pop('rds')
+        config = ConfigParser(project_config.config, 'my-stack-name')
+        config.process()
+
     def test_elb_missing_cert(self):
         from testfixtures import compare