diff --git a/src/etc/filefuncs.cpp b/src/etc/filefuncs.cpp
index c33cba1..b7f44f7 100644
--- a/src/etc/filefuncs.cpp
+++ b/src/etc/filefuncs.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using namespace std;
 string getFileContent(const string& file)
 {
     ifstream fileStream(file, ios::in);
-    if (not fileStream.fail()) {
+    if (fileStream) {
         string lineinput, fullinput;
         while (getline(fileStream, lineinput)) {
             fullinput.append(lineinput += '\n');