diff --git a/src/utils/imageembedder.cpp b/src/utils/imageembedder.cpp
index a5868b5dd135f7409e086e93d7065664fc0ce897..2327021bcccf3a92e4b0768cd0c9fb4ad0b4c084 100644
--- a/src/utils/imageembedder.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/imageembedder.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ std::vector<float> ImageEmbedder::preprocessVision(const std::string &filePath)
     const cv::Scalar std = cv::Scalar(0.26862954, 0.26130258, 0.27577711);
 
     cv::Mat image = cv::imread(filePath);
+    if(image.empty()) {
+        std::cerr << "Can't read image: " << filePath << std::endl;
+        return std::vector<float>();
+    }
 
     cv::Size inputSize(width, height);
     cv::resize(image, image, inputSize, 0, 0, cv::INTER_CUBIC);