diff --git a/srcs/.woody.c.swp b/srcs/.woody.c.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db76144
Binary files /dev/null and b/srcs/.woody.c.swp differ
diff --git a/srcs/woody.c b/srcs/woody.c
index 154d178..dc73446 100644
--- a/srcs/woody.c
+++ b/srcs/woody.c
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ t_payload *get_payload()
 		return NULL;
 	char buffer[1024];
 	int fd = open("payload", O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd == -1) {
+		perror("error opening payload");
+		free(payload);
+		exit(1);
+	}
 	payload->len = read(fd, buffer, 1024);
 	payload->payload = malloc(sizeof(char) * payload->len);
 	ft_memcpy(payload->payload, buffer, payload->len);
@@ -211,4 +216,4 @@ int prepare_injection(t_efl_content *woody)
 	save_elf("woody", woody_file, woody->file_size);
 	free(woody_file);
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}