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diff --git a/bp_bin/biostat b/bp_bin/biostat
index d409d28..c0b7c13 100755
--- a/bp_bin/biostat
+++ b/bp_bin/biostat
@@ -163,9 +163,13 @@ sub get_status_info
 
     my ( $fh, $line, $time, $args, $tmp_dir, $du );
 
-    $fh = Maasha::Filesys::file_read_open( $file );
-    $line = <$fh>;
-    close $fh;
+    if (-e $file)
+    {
+        $fh = Maasha::Filesys::file_read_open( $file );
+        flock($fh, 1);
+        $line = <$fh>;
+        close $fh;
+    }
 
     chomp $line;