diff --git a/mge/vpi/vpi_config.py b/mge/vpi/vpi_config.py
index a8a8665..ae5eda7 100644
--- a/mge/vpi/vpi_config.py
+++ b/mge/vpi/vpi_config.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # It's used to identify files created by VPI
 SECRET = r""
 BYPASS_SECRET = False #do not set this to true unless you know what you're doing
-if (not SECRET):
+if (not SECRET and not BYPASS_SECRET):
 	raise RuntimeError("Please set your secret token")
 
 # Change this to your scriptdata directory