diff --git a/common/comic.cpp b/common/comic.cpp
index 64b00c83..8666ba93 100644
--- a/common/comic.cpp
+++ b/common/comic.cpp
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ const QStringList Comic::literalComicExtensions = LiteralComicArchiveExtensions;
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Comic::Comic()
-:_pages(),_index(0),_path(),_loaded(false),bm(new Bookmarks()),_loadedPages(),_isPDF(false),_invalidated(false)
+:_pages(),_index(0),_path(),_loaded(false),bm(new Bookmarks()),_loadedPages(),_isPDF(false),_invalidated(false),_errorOpening(false)
 {
 	setup();
 }
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Comic::Comic(const QString & pathFile, int atPage )
-:_pages(),_index(0),_path(pathFile),_loaded(false),bm(new Bookmarks()),_loadedPages(),_isPDF(false),_firstPage(atPage)
+:_pages(),_index(0),_path(pathFile),_loaded(false),bm(new Bookmarks()),_loadedPages(),_isPDF(false),_firstPage(atPage),_errorOpening(false)
 {
 	setup();
 }
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ void Comic::setup()
 	connect(this,SIGNAL(pageChanged(int)),this,SLOT(checkIsBookmark(int)));
 	connect(this,SIGNAL(imageLoaded(int)),this,SLOT(updateBookmarkImage(int)));
 	connect(this,SIGNAL(imageLoaded(int)),this,SLOT(setPageLoaded(int)));
+
+    auto l = [&](){ _errorOpening = true; };
+
+    void (Comic::* errorOpeningPtr)() = &Comic::errorOpening;
+    void (Comic::* errorOpeningWithStringPtr)(QString) = &Comic::errorOpening;
+
+    connect(this, errorOpeningPtr, l);
+    connect(this, errorOpeningWithStringPtr, l);
+
+    connect(this, &Comic::crcErrorFound, l);
 }
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 int Comic::nextPage()
@@ -230,6 +240,11 @@ bool Comic::pageIsLoaded(int page)
 	return _loadedPages[page];
 }
 
+bool Comic::hasBeenAnErrorOpening()
+{
+    return _errorOpening;
+}
+
 bool Comic::fileIsComic(const QString &path)
 {
 	QFileInfo info(path);
diff --git a/common/comic.h b/common/comic.h
index 89e895be..2d2a1d0f 100644
--- a/common/comic.h
+++ b/common/comic.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ class Comic : public QObject
 
         bool _invalidated;
 
+        bool _errorOpening;
+
 	public:
 		
 		static const QStringList imageExtensions;
@@ -73,6 +75,9 @@ class Comic : public QObject
 		QByteArray getRawPage(int page);
 		bool pageIsLoaded(int page);
 
+        //check if the comic has failed loading
+        bool hasBeenAnErrorOpening();
+
 		inline static QStringList getSupportedImageFormats() { return imageExtensions;}
 		inline static QStringList getSupportedImageLiteralFormats() { return literalImageExtensions;}