diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
index bf640a2c..879d0f5c 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ sub view_build : Chained('build') PathPart('') Args(0) {
     
     (my $lastBuildStep) = $build->buildsteps->search({},{order_by => "stepnr DESC", rows => 1});
     my $path = defined $lastBuildStep ? $lastBuildStep->logfile : "" ;
-    if (defined $build->resultInfo && $build->resultInfo->buildstatus == 1 && !($path eq "") && isValidPath($lastBuildStep->logfile)) {
+    if (defined $build->resultInfo && $build->resultInfo->buildstatus == 1 && !($path eq "") && -f $lastBuildStep->logfile) {
 	$c->stash->{logtext} = `tail -n 50 $path`;
     }