diff --git a/clipboard/src/main/java/com/anytypeio/anytype/clipboard/AnytypeClipboardStorage.kt b/clipboard/src/main/java/com/anytypeio/anytype/clipboard/AnytypeClipboardStorage.kt
index b343468621..18fb347092 100644
--- a/clipboard/src/main/java/com/anytypeio/anytype/clipboard/AnytypeClipboardStorage.kt
+++ b/clipboard/src/main/java/com/anytypeio/anytype/clipboard/AnytypeClipboardStorage.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import android.content.Context
 import com.anytypeio.anytype.core_models.Block
 import com.anytypeio.anytype.data.auth.mapper.Serializer
 import com.anytypeio.anytype.data.auth.repo.clipboard.ClipboardDataStore
+import java.io.File
+import timber.log.Timber
 
 class AnytypeClipboardStorage(
     private val context: Context,
@@ -19,6 +21,11 @@ class AnytypeClipboardStorage(
     }
 
     override fun fetch(): List<Block> {
+        val file = File(context.filesDir, CLIPBOARD_FILE_NAME)
+        if (!file.exists()) {
+            Timber.e( "ClipboardStorage, file does not exist: $file")
+            return emptyList()
+        }
         val stream = context.openFileInput(CLIPBOARD_FILE_NAME)
         val blob = stream.use { it.readBytes() }
         return serializer.deserialize(blob)