1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/profile.c b/src/firejail/profile.c
index f328f71ef..33b6eab91 100644
--- a/src/firejail/profile.c
+++ b/src/firejail/profile.c
@@ -1017,8 +1017,13 @@ void profile_read(const char *fname) {
         // open profile file:
         FILE *fp = fopen(fname, "r");
         if (fp == NULL) {
+                // if the file ends in ".local", do not exit
+                char *ptr = strstr(fname, ".local");
+                if (ptr && strlen(ptr) == 6)
+                        return;
+                
                 fprintf(stderr, "Error: cannot open profile file %s\n", fname);
-                return;
+                exit(1);
         }
 
         int msg_printed = 0;