diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/eqasim/core/standalone_mode_choice/RunStandaloneModeChoice.java b/core/src/main/java/org/eqasim/core/standalone_mode_choice/RunStandaloneModeChoice.java
index 3ee954ed9..3c4747986 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/eqasim/core/standalone_mode_choice/RunStandaloneModeChoice.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/eqasim/core/standalone_mode_choice/RunStandaloneModeChoice.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -219,6 +220,8 @@ RecordedTravelTime provideRecordedTravelTime() {
                     RecordedTravelTime recordedTravelTime = RecordedTravelTime.readBinary(inputStream);
                     inputStream.close();
                     return recordedTravelTime;
+                } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+                	throw new IllegalStateException("Travel time input file not found: " + path);
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     throw new RuntimeException(e);
                 }
diff --git a/ile_de_france/src/test/java/org/eqasim/ile_de_france/TestCorisica.java b/ile_de_france/src/test/java/org/eqasim/ile_de_france/TestCorisica.java
index eb1565583..87153b1f3 100644
--- a/ile_de_france/src/test/java/org/eqasim/ile_de_france/TestCorisica.java
+++ b/ile_de_france/src/test/java/org/eqasim/ile_de_france/TestCorisica.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public void testCorsicaPipeline()
 					"--config-path", "corsica_test/corsica_config.xml", //
 					"--config:controler.lastIteration", "2", // ,
 					"--config:controler.outputDirectory", "corsica_test/simulation_output", //
+					"--config:eqasim.travelTimeRecordingInterval", "1000", //
 			});
 
 			Assert.assertEquals(389, countPersons("corsica_test/simulation_output/output_plans.xml.gz"));