diff --git a/ObjectHelper.inc b/ObjectHelper.inc
index f2d47e0e..9e06facf 100644
--- a/ObjectHelper.inc
+++ b/ObjectHelper.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 /**
- * @file 
+ * @file
  * Object Helper Class
  */
 
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ class ObjectHelper {
     }
     
     if (($xsl_path = "$path/xsl/convertQDC.xsl") &&
+      (is_readable($xsl_path)) &&
       ($xsl = DOMDocument::load($xsl_path)) &&  //Fails loading XSLT -> FALSE
       ($ds = DOMDocument::loadXML($xmlstr))) {
       $xslt_opts = array(