diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0a68e0aa..584f7cc0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Features:
 
 Bugfixes:
 * Fix network prefix length detection when the value is greater than 24 (#773, LocalIP, Linux)
+* For xfce4-terminal, use system mono font if no config file is found (TerminalFont, Linux)
 
 # 2.8.10
 
diff --git a/src/detection/terminalfont/terminalfont_linux.c b/src/detection/terminalfont/terminalfont_linux.c
index b843465cb..3a6ac9086 100644
--- a/src/detection/terminalfont/terminalfont_linux.c
+++ b/src/detection/terminalfont/terminalfont_linux.c
@@ -145,13 +145,7 @@ static void detectXFCETerminal(FFTerminalFontResult* terminalFont)
         });
     }
 
-    if (!configFound)
-    {
-        ffStrbufSetStatic(&terminalFont->error, "Couldn't find xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-terminal.xml or xfce4/terminal/terminalrc");
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if(useSysFont.length == 0 || ffStrbufIgnCaseCompS(&useSysFont, "false") == 0)
+    if(configFound && (useSysFont.length == 0 || ffStrbufIgnCaseCompS(&useSysFont, "false") == 0))
     {
         if(fontName.length == 0)
             ffStrbufAppendF(&terminalFont->error, "Couldn't find FontName in %s", path);