diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index faf3f39273..e84d87ac0d 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     "Unexpected error preparing the app. See console for details.": "Unexpected error preparing the app. See console for details.",
     "Invalid configuration: can only specify one of default_server_config, default_server_name, or default_hs_url.": "Invalid configuration: can only specify one of default_server_config, default_server_name, or default_hs_url.",
+    "Invalid configuration: no default server specified": "Invalid configuration: no default server specified",
     "Riot Desktop on %(platformName)s": "Riot Desktop on %(platformName)s",
     "Unknown device": "Unknown device",
     "%(appName)s via %(browserName)s on %(osName)s": "%(appName)s via %(browserName)s on %(osName)s",
diff --git a/src/vector/index.js b/src/vector/index.js
index ed22d37b38..9c5eb061ac 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.js
+++ b/src/vector/index.js
@@ -452,8 +452,6 @@ async function verifyServerConfig() {
     // TODO: TravisR - Handle query string arguments for hs_url and is_url
     // We probably don't want to handle them unless the user is logged out though?
 
-    // TODO: TravisR - Handle case of no options specified whatsoever
-
     const config = SdkConfig.get();
     let wkConfig = config['default_server_config']; // overwritten later under some conditions
     const serverName = config['default_server_name'];
@@ -467,6 +465,9 @@ async function verifyServerConfig() {
             "or default_hs_url.",
         ));
     }
+    if (incompatibleOptions.length < 1) {
+        throw newTranslatableError(_td("Invalid configuration: no default server specified."));
+    }
 
     if (hsUrl) {
         console.log("Config uses a default_hs_url - constructing a default_server_config using this information");