diff --git a/autobeautiful.lua b/autobeautiful.lua
index 3dbe5cb..abae7ee 100644
--- a/autobeautiful.lua
+++ b/autobeautiful.lua
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ if f~=nil then
 	io.close(f)
 	dofile(wallpaperrc)
 elseif beautiful.wallpaper then
+    f = io.open(beautiful.wallpaper)
+    if  f ~= nil then
+	io.close(f)
     for s = 1, screen.count() do
         gears.wallpaper.maximized(beautiful.wallpaper, s, true)
     end
+    end
 end
 
 return beautiful