diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs
index 321a4ad0aa..0454ef4e41 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs
@@ -232,15 +232,17 @@ private string findFromEnvVar()
 
         private string findFromJsonConfig()
         {
-            try
+            Logger.Log("Trying to find stable through the json config");
+            if (tournamentStorage.Exists(stable_config))
             {
-                Logger.Log("Trying to find stable through the json config");
-                return stableInfo.StablePath.Value;
+                using (Stream stream = tournamentStorage.GetStream(stable_config, FileAccess.Read, FileMode.Open))
+                using (var sr = new StreamReader(stream))
+                {
+                    stableInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<StableInfo>(sr.ReadToEnd());
+                    return stableInfo.StablePath.Value;
+                }
             }
-            catch
-            {
-            }
-
+            
             return null;
         }