diff --git a/src/commands/topic_cmd.cpp b/src/commands/topic_cmd.cpp
index 55f1a97..4d01818 100644
--- a/src/commands/topic_cmd.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/topic_cmd.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,17 @@
 void cmd::topicCommand(dpp::cluster& bot, const dpp::slashcommand_t& event)
 {
     static int index;
-    const std::string topic = cmd::utils::readFileLine("res/topic.txt", index);
+    int maxLoadAttempts = 10;
+    
+    for(int i = 0; i < maxLoadAttempts; i++) // check if topic string is empty up to x amount of attempts
+    {
+        const std::string topic = cmd::utils::readFileLine("res/topic.txt", index);
+        if(topic.length() > 0)
+        {
+          break;
+        }
+    }
+       
 
     const dpp::embed embed = dpp::embed()
         .set_color(globals::color::defaultColor)