diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.cpp
index 6841685..fdaf1be 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 
 	bool ArchiveReader::Open(const char* archiveFile)
 	{
+		if (std::string(archiveFile) == "")
+			return false;
 		PrepOpen();
 		ChkErr(archive_read_open_filename(m_archive, archiveFile, BUFFER_SIZE));
 		ReadNextHeader();