diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ROFSTExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ROFSTExt.cs
index e6c993cb..af9f1a8e 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ROFSTExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ROFSTExt.cs
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			string rofstfilepath = rdi.FolderPath + @"\ro.fst";
 			DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(rdi.FolderPath);
 			if (!di.Exists) return null;
+			if (!File.Exists(rofstfilepath)) return null;
 
 			// check if this rofst has been loaded, i.e. dts on file versus dts in db...
 			// if so, just make association with docversion.