diff --git a/QuestionsFile.class.php b/QuestionsFile.class.php
index 743f600..ed8b32b 100644
--- a/QuestionsFile.class.php
+++ b/QuestionsFile.class.php
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ class QuestionsFile
     $this->treeXML = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
     $this->treeXML->formatOutput   = true;
 
-    if (is_file($this->filename))
+    if (@$this->treeXML->load($this->filename))
     {
-      $this->treeXML->load($this->filename);
-
       $root_nodes = $this->treeXML->getElementsByTagName("questions");
       if ($root_node->length > 0)
         $this->root_node = $root_nodes->item(0);