diff --git a/src/config_parser.hpp b/src/config_parser.hpp
index 5d98f52..5df8d98 100644
--- a/src/config_parser.hpp
+++ b/src/config_parser.hpp
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@
      */
     Parser(const fs::path& filename);
 
+    /** @brief Determine if the loaded file exists */
+    inline bool getFileExists() const noexcept
+    {
+        return fileExists;
+    }
+
     /** @brief Determine if there were warnings parsing the file
      *  @return The number of parsing issues in the file
      */
@@ -194,6 +200,7 @@
     void writeFile(const fs::path& filename);
 
   private:
+    bool fileExists = false;
     fs::path filename;
     std::vector<std::string> warnings;
 };