diff --git a/src/file.c b/src/file.c
index 02c478c..c68c5fc 100644
--- a/src/file.c
+++ b/src/file.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ bool file_should_update(const File *file) {
 
 bool file_update(File *file) {
   long length;
+  size_t read_length;
   FILE *file_pointer;
 
   // free remaining data
@@ -63,7 +64,13 @@ bool file_update(File *file) {
     return false;
   }
   // read file
-  fread(file->content, sizeof(char), length, file_pointer);
+  read_length = fread(file->content, sizeof(char), length, file_pointer);
+  if (read_length != length) {
+    file->error = true;
+    fclose(file_pointer);
+    log_error("Cannot read complete file '%s'", file->path);
+    return false;
+  }
   // close file
   fclose(file_pointer);
   // append null byte