diff --git a/mission/tmtc/PersistentTmStore.cpp b/mission/tmtc/PersistentTmStore.cpp
index 9ed0218f..81f73751 100644
--- a/mission/tmtc/PersistentTmStore.cpp
+++ b/mission/tmtc/PersistentTmStore.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ ReturnValue_t PersistentTmStore::loadNextDumpFile() {
       dumpParams.currentSize = 0;
       dumpParams.currentFileUnixStamp = fileEpoch;
       std::ifstream ifile(file, std::ios::binary);
+      if(ifile.bad()) {
+        sif::error << "PersistentTmStore: File is bad" << std::endl;
+        continue;
+      }
       ifile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(fileBuf.data()),
                  static_cast<std::streamsize>(dumpParams.fileSize));
       break;