diff --git a/src/lib/compiler.cpp b/src/lib/compiler.cpp
index ac2af5e..19cfc3e 100644
--- a/src/lib/compiler.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/compiler.cpp
@@ -1086,7 +1086,10 @@ String compiler_source_generation(Request* context)
 {
 	if(!context || !context->server)
 		return("");
-	return(trim(file_get_contents(compiler_source_generation_file_name(context))));
+	String file_name = compiler_source_generation_file_name(context);
+	if(!file_exists(file_name))
+		return("");
+	return(trim(file_get_contents(file_name)));
 }
 
 void compiler_mark_source_generation(Request* context)