1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp b/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
index d29a3dcd6..3a51c6ea4 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ namespace cryptonote
       }
       m_config_folder_path = boost::filesystem::path(command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_extra_messages)).parent_path().string();
       m_config = AUTO_VAL_INIT(m_config);
-      epee::serialization::load_t_from_json_file(m_config, m_config_folder_path + "/" + MINER_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+      const std::string filename = m_config_folder_path + "/" + MINER_CONFIG_FILE_NAME;
+      CHECK_AND_ASSERT_MES(epee::serialization::load_t_from_json_file(m_config, filename), false, "Failed to load data from " << filename);
       MINFO("Loaded " << m_extra_messages.size() << " extra messages, current index " << m_config.current_extra_message_index);
     }