diff --git a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/env_commands/start.py b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/env_commands/start.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/env_commands/start.py
+++ b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/env_commands/start.py
@@ -106,9 +106,15 @@ def start(ctx, check, env, agent, dev):
 
     click.echo()
 
-    echo_success('The path to `{}` will be copied to your clipboard: '.format(environment.config_file_name), nl=False)
+    try:
+        pyperclip.copy(environment.config_file)
+    except Exception:
+        config_message = 'Config file: '
+    else:
+        config_message = 'Config file (copied to your clipboard): '
+
+    echo_success(config_message, nl=False)
     echo_info(environment.config_file)
-    pyperclip.copy(environment.config_file)
 
     echo_success('To run this check, do: ', nl=False)
     echo_info('ddev env check {} {}'.format(check, env))
Handle any clipboard errors (#<I>)