diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc.h b/src/gui/components/cc.h
index 41dc770bb..deeea86af 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc.h
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc.h
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class CComponentsText : public CComponentsItem
 		virtual void setText(const std::string& stext, const int mode = ~CTextBox::AUTO_WIDTH, Font* font_text = NULL);
 		virtual void setText(neutrino_locale_t locale_text, const int mode = ~CTextBox::AUTO_WIDTH, Font* font_text = NULL);
 		virtual void setText(const int digit, const int mode = ~CTextBox::AUTO_WIDTH, Font* font_text = NULL);
-		virtual void setTextFromFile(const std::string& path_to_textfile, const int mode = ~CTextBox::AUTO_WIDTH, Font* font_text = NULL);
+		virtual bool setTextFromFile(const std::string& path_to_textfile, const int mode = ~CTextBox::AUTO_WIDTH, Font* font_text = NULL);
 		virtual void removeLineBreaks(std::string& str);
 
 		//get a Text Box object, so it's possible to get access directly to its methods
diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp
index 916a67231..6b7efcf9c 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ void CComponentsText::setText(const int digit, const int mode, Font* font_text)
 #endif
 }
 
-//set text lines directly from a file
-void CComponentsText::setTextFromFile(const string& path_to_textfile, const int mode, Font* font_text)
+//set text lines directly from a file, returns true on succsess
+bool CComponentsText::setTextFromFile(const string& path_to_textfile, const int mode, Font* font_text)
 {
 	string file = path_to_textfile;
 	string txt = "";
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void CComponentsText::setTextFromFile(const string& path_to_textfile, const int
 	ifstream in (file.c_str(), ios::in);
 	if (!in){
 		printf("[CComponentsText]    [%s - %d] error while open %s -> %s\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, file.c_str(), strerror(errno));
-		return;
+		return false;
 	}
 	string line;
 	
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ void CComponentsText::setTextFromFile(const string& path_to_textfile, const int
 	in.close();
 
 	setText(txt, mode, font_text);
+	
+	return true;
 }
 
 void CComponentsText::paintText(bool do_save_bg)