diff --git a/src/apps/relay/mainrelay.c b/src/apps/relay/mainrelay.c
index 8207cc2..50290b9 100644
--- a/src/apps/relay/mainrelay.c
+++ b/src/apps/relay/mainrelay.c
@@ -1868,7 +1868,9 @@ static int adminmain(int argc, char **argv)
             }
             else{
 				fseek (fptr, 0, SEEK_SET);
-				fread (generated_key, sizeof(char), 16, fptr);
+				if( fread(generated_key, sizeof(char), 16, fptr) !=0 ){
+					TURN_LOG_FUNC(TURN_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "%s: ERROR: Secret-Key file is empty\n",__FUNCTION__);
+				}
 				fclose (fptr);
             }
             break;
@@ -2900,7 +2902,9 @@ static void set_ctx(SSL_CTX** out, const char *protocol, const SSL_METHOD* metho
 				perror("Cannot open Secret-Key file");
 			} else {
 				fseek (f, 0, SEEK_SET);
-				fread (turn_params.secret_key, sizeof(char), 16, f);
+				if ( fread(turn_params.secret_key, sizeof(char), 16, f) != 0 ){
+					TURN_LOG_FUNC(TURN_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "%s: ERROR: Secret-Key file is empty\n",__FUNCTION__);
+				}
 				fclose (f);
 			}
 		}