diff --git a/ldm/util.py b/ldm/util.py
index 45cb050ece..ec18635a87 100644
--- a/ldm/util.py
+++ b/ldm/util.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import importlib
+import os
 
 import torch
 from torch import optim
@@ -16,7 +17,10 @@ def log_txt_as_img(wh, xc, size=10):
     for bi in range(b):
         txt = Image.new("RGB", wh, color="white")
         draw = ImageDraw.Draw(txt)
-        font = ImageFont.truetype('font/DejaVuSans.ttf', size=size)
+        if os.path.isfile('font/DejaVuSans.ttf'):
+            font = ImageFont.truetype('font/DejaVuSans.ttf', size=size)
+        else:
+            font = ImageFont.load_default()
         nc = int(40 * (wh[0] / 256))
         lines = "\n".join(xc[bi][start:start + nc] for start in range(0, len(xc[bi]), nc))
 
@@ -194,4 +198,4 @@ def step(self, closure=None):
             for param, ema_param in zip(params_with_grad, ema_params_with_grad):
                 ema_param.mul_(cur_ema_decay).add_(param.float(), alpha=1 - cur_ema_decay)
 
-        return loss
\ No newline at end of file
+        return loss