diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Io/camera_config.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Io/camera_config.cpp
index c0813bd802..84b913890b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Io/camera_config.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Io/camera_config.cpp
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ LOG_CHANNEL(camera_log, "Camera");
 cfg_camera g_cfg_camera;
 
 cfg_camera::cfg_camera()
+	: cfg::node()
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	: path(fs::get_config_dir() + "config/camera.yml")
+	, path(fs::get_config_dir() + "config/camera.yml")
 #else
-	: path(fs::get_config_dir() + "camera.yml")
+	, path(fs::get_config_dir() + "camera.yml")
 #endif
 {
 }
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_camera_handler.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_camera_handler.cpp
index 18c906bd3e..cbb6f7ed46 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_camera_handler.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_camera_handler.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ qt_camera_handler::qt_camera_handler() : camera_handler_base()
 		camera_log.success("Found camera: name=%s, description=%s", cameraInfo.deviceName().toStdString(), cameraInfo.description().toStdString());
 	}
 
-	g_cfg_camera.load();
+	if (!g_cfg_camera.load())
+	{
+		camera_log.notice("Could not load camera config. Using defaults.");
+	}
 }
 
 qt_camera_handler::~qt_camera_handler()