diff --git a/UDPTCPNetwork.h b/UDPTCPNetwork.h
index a5adfa0..89c8677 100644
--- a/UDPTCPNetwork.h
+++ b/UDPTCPNetwork.h
@@ -61,13 +61,16 @@ using namespace std;
  * global functions needed for networking
  *
  */
+extern int UDPTCPNetwork_init;
+
 int dns_filladdr (string host, string port, int ai_family,
 		struct sockaddr_storage *sAddr);
 char *itoa(char* buffer, int number, int size);
 void UDPTCPNetwork_Startup();
-extern int UDPTCPNetwork_init;
 #define UDPTCPNetwork() if(UDPTCPNetwork_init == 0) UDPTCPNetwork_Startup()
 
+int file_is_readable (const char *fname);
+
 /************************************************************************
  *
  * udp related functions
diff --git a/network.cc b/network.cc
index 8a430df..6c26230 100644
--- a/network.cc
+++ b/network.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ *
+ */
 
 #include "UDPTCPNetwork.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h> /* close() */
 #include <string.h> /* memset() */
 
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ int dns_filladdr (string host, string port, int ai_family, struct sockaddr_stora
 char* itoa(char* buffer, int number, int size) {
 	snprintf (buffer, size, "%d", number);
 	return buffer;
-}
+};
 
 
 void UDPTCPNetwork_Startup() {
@@ -65,4 +69,16 @@ void UDPTCPNetwork_Startup() {
     }
 #endif
     UDPTCPNetwork_init = 1;
-}
+};
+
+
+
+int file_is_readable (const char *fname) {
+    int f;
+
+    if ((f = open(fname, O_RDONLY)) == -1) return 0;
+    close (f);
+
+    return 1;
+};
+
diff --git a/ssl.cc b/ssl.cc
index cdf77bc..05bb78e 100644
--- a/ssl.cc
+++ b/ssl.cc
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ int SSLSocket::SetCertificat(string certf, string keyf) {
 	certfile = certf;
 	keyfile = keyf;
 	
-	if (access (certf.c_str(), R_OK) != 0) return 0;
-	if (access (keyf.c_str(), R_OK) != 0) return 0;
+	if (!file_is_readable(certf.c_str())) return 0;
+	if (!file_is_readable(keyf.c_str())) return 0;
 
 	return 1;
 };
diff --git a/test-ssl.cc b/test-ssl.cc
index d0a6b85..bf4c82f 100644
--- a/test-ssl.cc
+++ b/test-ssl.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void server () {
 	//
 	// init SSL
 	printf ("server: setting up certificates\n");
-	if (ssl.SetCertificat("cert.pem", "privkey.pem") != 0) {
+	if (ssl.SetCertificat("cert.pem", "privkey.pem") != 1) {
 		printf ("server: SetCertificat error:%s\n", strerror(errno));
 		exit (1);
 	}