diff --git a/proxy/ReverseProxy.cc b/proxy/ReverseProxy.cc
index c55df4a36bc..71320480848 100644
--- a/proxy/ReverseProxy.cc
+++ b/proxy/ReverseProxy.cc
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ init_reverse_proxy()
 
   Note("%s loading ...", ts::filename::REMAP);
   if (!rewrite_table->load()) {
-    Fatal("%s failed to load", ts::filename::REMAP);
+    Warning("%s failed to load", ts::filename::REMAP);
+  } else {
+    Note("%s finished loading", ts::filename::REMAP);
   }
-  Note("%s finished loading", ts::filename::REMAP);
 
   REC_RegisterConfigUpdateFunc("proxy.config.url_remap.filename", url_rewrite_CB, (void *)FILE_CHANGED);
   REC_RegisterConfigUpdateFunc("proxy.config.proxy_name", url_rewrite_CB, (void *)TSNAME_CHANGED);
diff --git a/proxy/http/remap/RemapConfig.cc b/proxy/http/remap/RemapConfig.cc
index c9d06e9d4fb..2089fb4bd79 100644
--- a/proxy/http/remap/RemapConfig.cc
+++ b/proxy/http/remap/RemapConfig.cc
@@ -945,15 +945,9 @@ remap_parse_config_bti(const char *path, BUILD_TABLE_INFO *bti)
 
   std::error_code ec;
   std::string content{ts::file::load(ts::file::path{path}, ec)};
-  if (ec) {
-    switch (ec.value()) {
-    case ENOENT:
-      Warning("Can't open remapping configuration file %s - %s", path, strerror(ec.value()));
-      break;
-    default:
-      Error("Failed load remapping configuration file %s - %s", path, strerror(ec.value()));
-      return false;
-    }
+  if (ec.value()) {
+    Warning("Failed to open remapping configuration file %s - %s", path, strerror(ec.value()));
+    return false;
   }
 
   Debug("url_rewrite", "[BuildTable] UrlRewrite::BuildTable()");
diff --git a/proxy/http/remap/UrlRewrite.cc b/proxy/http/remap/UrlRewrite.cc
index 17249434a68..bc81632d882 100644
--- a/proxy/http/remap/UrlRewrite.cc
+++ b/proxy/http/remap/UrlRewrite.cc
@@ -656,9 +656,11 @@ UrlRewrite::BuildTable(const char *path)
   temporary_redirects.hash_lookup.reset(new URLTable);
   forward_mappings_with_recv_port.hash_lookup.reset(new URLTable);
 
+  int zret = 0;
+
   if (!remap_parse_config(path, this)) {
     // XXX handle file reload error
-    return 3;
+    zret = 3;
   }
 
   // Destroy unused tables
@@ -686,7 +688,7 @@ UrlRewrite::BuildTable(const char *path)
     forward_mappings_with_recv_port.hash_lookup.reset(nullptr);
   }
 
-  return 0;
+  return zret;
 }
 
 /**