diff --git a/word2vecExt.c b/word2vecExt.c
index 6aec264..1881e12 100644
--- a/word2vecExt.c
+++ b/word2vecExt.c
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@
 void InitNet() {
 	long long a, b;
 	unsigned long long next_random = 1;
+	long long read;
+  
 	window_layer_size = layer1_size * window * 2;
 	a = posix_memalign((void **) &syn0, 128,
 			(long long) vocab_size * layer1_size * sizeof(real));
@@ -639,8 +641,23 @@
 			printf("Net parameter file not found\n");
 			exit(1);
 		}
-		fread(syn0, sizeof(real), vocab_size * layer1_size, fnet);
-		fread(syn1neg_window, sizeof(real), vocab_size * window_layer_size, fnet);
+		printf("vocab-size: %lld, layer1_size: %lld, window_layer_size %d\n", vocab_size, layer1_size, window_layer_size);
+		read = fread(syn0, sizeof(real), vocab_size * layer1_size, fnet);
+		if(read != vocab_size * layer1_size) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "read-net failed %lld\n", read);
+			exit(-1);
+		}
+		read = fread(syn1neg_window, sizeof(real), vocab_size * window_layer_size, fnet);
+		if(read != (long long) vocab_size * window_layer_size) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "read-net failed, read %lld, expected: %lld\n", read ,
+							(long long) sizeof(real) * vocab_size * window_layer_size);
+			exit(-1);
+		}
+		fgetc(fnet);
+		if(!feof(fnet)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Remaining bytes in net-file after read-net. File position: %ld\n", ftell(fnet));
+			exit(-1);
+		}
 		fclose(fnet);
 	} else {
 		fprintf(stderr, "read-net only supported for type 3 with negative sampling\n");