diff --git a/src/lib/load-config.ts b/src/lib/load-config.ts
index 7eab412ca09a..af518d9cc6b1 100644
--- a/src/lib/load-config.ts
+++ b/src/lib/load-config.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ function lazyJiti() {
 
 export function loadConfig(path: string): Config {
   let config = (function () {
+    if (!path) return {}
+
     // Always use jiti for now. There is a a bug that occurs in Node v22.12+
     // where imported files return invalid results
     return lazyJiti()(path)