diff --git a/clib/sslclient.cpp b/clib/sslclient.cpp
index bad6823..2f91eab 100644
--- a/clib/sslclient.cpp
+++ b/clib/sslclient.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ std::pair<int, std::string> HttpClient::doGetRequest(const std::string &url, con
 
 	std::string request = "GET " + full_url + " HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: " + server + headers_string + "\r\n\r\n";
 
+	// TODO memory leaks ???
 	int bytes_read = sslRequest(server, request);
+	if (bytes_read <= 0) {
+        std::cerr << "no data read" << std::endl;
+        return std::make_pair(403, "");
+	}
 
 	std::string::size_type position = ssl_read_packet.find("\r\n\r\n");
 	if (position == std::string::npos) {