diff --git a/SessionCreator.cpp b/SessionCreator.cpp
index 5420bcc..9f43064 100644
--- a/SessionCreator.cpp
+++ b/SessionCreator.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ std::string SessionCreator::info(const std::string& filename)
 
     XMLDocument doc;
     XMLError eResult = doc.LoadFile(filename.c_str());
-    if ( XMLResultError(eResult))
+    if ( XMLResultError(eResult)) {
+        Log::Warning("%s could not be openned.", filename.c_str());
         return ret;
+    }
 
     XMLElement *header = doc.FirstChildElement(APP_NAME);
     if (header != nullptr && header->Attribute("date") != 0) {
@@ -50,8 +52,10 @@ SessionCreator::SessionCreator(): SessionLoader(nullptr)
 void SessionCreator::load(const std::string& filename)
 {
     XMLError eResult = xmlDoc_.LoadFile(filename.c_str());
-    if ( XMLResultError(eResult))
+    if ( XMLResultError(eResult)){
+        Log::Warning("%s could not be openned.", filename.c_str());
         return;
+    }
 
     XMLElement *header = xmlDoc_.FirstChildElement(APP_NAME);
     if (header == nullptr) {
diff --git a/UserInterfaceManager.cpp b/UserInterfaceManager.cpp
index 95021b3..e4b5899 100644
--- a/UserInterfaceManager.cpp
+++ b/UserInterfaceManager.cpp
@@ -2406,7 +2406,15 @@ void Navigator::RenderMainPannel()
                 }
                 else  {
                     file_info = SessionCreator::info(sessionfilename);
-                    file_selected = it;
+                    if (file_info.empty()) {
+                        // failed : remove from recent
+                        if ( selection_session_mode == 0) {
+                            Settings::application.recentSessions.filenames.remove(sessionfilename);
+                            selection_session_mode_changed = true;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                        file_selected = it;
                 }
             }
             if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
diff --git a/tinyxml2Toolkit.cpp b/tinyxml2Toolkit.cpp
index 8e1b39a..192b719 100644
--- a/tinyxml2Toolkit.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2Toolkit.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ bool tinyxml2::XMLResultError(int result)
     XMLError xmlresult = (XMLError) result;
     if ( xmlresult != XML_SUCCESS)
     {
-        Log::Warning("XML error %i: %s", result, tinyxml2::XMLDocument::ErrorIDToName(xmlresult));
+        Log::Info("XML error %i: %s", result, tinyxml2::XMLDocument::ErrorIDToName(xmlresult));
         return true;
     }
     return false;