diff --git a/admin/dbUpdateFromXLS.php b/admin/dbUpdateFromXLS.php
index 22b1b0bd..88f7a0f5 100755
--- a/admin/dbUpdateFromXLS.php
+++ b/admin/dbUpdateFromXLS.php
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ else
 
 
 //readXMLfile("xml.php.xml");
-readXMLfile("/tmp/engelXML");
-
-
+if( readXMLfile("/tmp/engelXML") == 0)
+{
 /*
 echo "<pre><br>";
 echo $XMLmain->name;
@@ -442,6 +441,7 @@ echo "<form action=\"dbUpdateFromXLS.php\">\n";
 echo "\t<input type=\"submit\" name=\"UpdateALL\" value=\"now\">\n";
 echo "</form>\n";
 
+} //if XMLopenOOK
 
 include ("./inc/footer.php");
 ?>
diff --git a/inc/funktion_xml.php b/inc/funktion_xml.php
index f740cfac..41a18503 100755
--- a/inc/funktion_xml.php
+++ b/inc/funktion_xml.php
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ function readXMLfile( $file )
 	xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "character_data_handler");
 	if (!($fp = fopen($file, "r")))
 	{
-		die("could not open XML input");
+		echo(" <h1>could not open XML file \"$file\"</h1>");
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if( $XMLDEBUG)	echo "<pre>";
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ function readXMLfile( $file )
 	}
 	if( $XMLDEBUG)	echo "</pre>";
 	xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*#######################################################################################*/
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ function getXMLsubPease( $Sourse, $Name )
 			return $value;
 	
 	echo "<h1>Fehler: getXMLsubPease( $Sourse, $Name ) not found</h1>";
-	die;
+//	die;
 }
 
 ?>