diff --git a/blacklist b/badwordlist
similarity index 100%
rename from blacklist
rename to badwordlist
diff --git a/captcha-old.py b/captcha-old.py
index 3fb2c5c4..358b8e67 100644
--- a/captcha-old.py
+++ b/captcha-old.py
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ def pick_word(words, badwordlist, verbose, nwords, min_length, max_length):
 	sys.exit("Unable to find valid word combinations")
 
 def read_wordlist(filename):
+	if not os.path.isfile(filename):
+		return []
 	f = open(filename)
 	words = [x.strip().lower() for x in f.readlines()]
 	f.close()
diff --git a/captcha.py b/captcha.py
index bb13e21c..fd758bcb 100644
--- a/captcha.py
+++ b/captcha.py
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ def pick_word(words, badwordlist, verbose, nwords, min_length, max_length):
 	sys.exit("Unable to find valid word combinations")
 
 def read_wordlist(filename):
+	if not os.path.isfile(filename):
+		return []
 	f = open(filename)
 	words = [x.strip().lower() for x in f.readlines()]
 	f.close()