diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
index ed4cd522..8667146d 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ func StartServer(
 
 	tunnelConfig, ingressRules, err := prepareTunnelConfig(c, buildInfo, version, generalLogger, transportLogger, namedTunnel, isUIEnabled)
 	if err != nil {
+		generalLogger.Errorf("Couldn't start tunnel: %v", err)
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/ingress/ingress.go b/ingress/ingress.go
index 255f5e05..25db8f42 100644
--- a/ingress/ingress.go
+++ b/ingress/ingress.go
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ func parseSingleOriginService(c *cli.Context, allowURLFromArgs bool) (OriginServ
 		}
 		return &unixSocketPath{path: path}, nil
 	}
-	return nil, errors.New("You must either set ingress rules in your config file, or use --url, or use --unix-socket")
+	u, err := url.Parse("http://localhost:8080")
+	return &localService{URL: u, RootURL: u}, err
 }
 
 // IsEmpty checks if there are any ingress rules.