diff --git a/src/etc/filefuncs.cpp b/src/etc/filefuncs.cpp
index 93d9438..7dc36f1 100644
--- a/src/etc/filefuncs.cpp
+++ b/src/etc/filefuncs.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
 using namespace std;
 
 string getFileContent(const string& file)
@@ -8,6 +9,9 @@ string getFileContent(const string& file)
     filetoParse.open(file, ios::in);
     if (filetoParse.is_open()) while (getline(filetoParse, lineinput)) {
         fullinput.append(lineinput + "\n");
+    } else {
+        cout << "Could not open the file(s), please run as administrator." << endl;
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     filetoParse.close();
     return fullinput;