diff --git a/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.cc b/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.cc
index 23dde58e1fda904e7d7ce2125a06d45d9b558b73..b2201e45ac894a71ce16707b43bf38d574665d5d 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.cc
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace AMDiS {
       // serialization file mentioned in the used init file.
       MSG("Deserialization from file: %s\n", queueSerializationFilename.c_str());
 
-      std::ifstream in(queueSerializationFilename.c_str());
+      std::ifstream in(queueSerializationFilename.c_str() , ios::in);
       deserialize(in);
       in.close();
 
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   void AdaptInstationary::deserialize(std::istream &in)
   {
     FUNCNAME("AdaptInstationary::deserialize()");
-
+    if(in.fail())
+      ERROR_EXIT("File not found for deserialization  \n");
     problemIteration->deserialize(in);
     adaptInfo->deserialize(in);
     if (problemTime)
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/ProblemStat.cc b/AMDiS/src/ProblemStat.cc
index 288a6e2b842e7df06fd3b00cf38357e159c887de..047c9f77580a87b63b0f43b32a14a77e52a74836 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/ProblemStat.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/ProblemStat.cc
@@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ namespace AMDiS {
 	// If AMDiS is compiled for parallel computations, the deserialization is
 	// controlled by the parallel problem object.
 #ifndef HAVE_PARALLEL_DOMAIN_AMDIS
+	MSG("Deserialization from file: %s\n", serializationFilename.c_str());
 	ifstream in(serializationFilename.c_str());
 	deserialize(in);
 	in.close();
 
-	MSG("Deserialization from file: %s\n", serializationFilename.c_str());
 #endif
 
 	deserialized = true;
@@ -1814,6 +1814,8 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   void ProblemStatSeq::deserialize(istream &in) 
   {
     FUNCNAME("ProblemStat::deserialize()");
+    if(in.fail())
+      ERROR_EXIT("File not found for deserialization  \n");
 
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < meshes.size(); i++)
       meshes[i]->deserialize(in);
diff --git a/doc/tutorial/tutorial.pdf b/doc/tutorial/tutorial.pdf
index 3a5f256646399dc4cf131cc4355118bf8a2b53b9..dfd25df2273db7d6e79b3e0a085fd29cd771137a 100644
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