CC
diff --git a/src/main/java/pta/de/health/ConfigFilePresentHealthCheck.java b/src/main/java/pta/de/health/ConfigFilePresentHealthCheck.java
index dc3ade7..e8de912 100644
--- a/src/main/java/pta/de/health/ConfigFilePresentHealthCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/pta/de/health/ConfigFilePresentHealthCheck.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     protected Result check() throws Exception {
         ServiceDistributionCluster[] sdc = ServicesConfigCache.getInstance().getCache(); // Throws Exception if it fails
 
-        if( sdc.length > 0 ) {
+        if (sdc != null && sdc.length > 0) {
             return Result.healthy();
         }
         else {
diff --git a/src/test/java/pta/de/health/ConfigFilePresentHealthCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/pta/de/health/ConfigFilePresentHealthCheckTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8798dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/pta/de/health/ConfigFilePresentHealthCheckTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package pta.de.health;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.health.HealthCheck;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.powermock.reflect.Whitebox;
+import pta.de.api.ServiceDistributionCluster;
+import pta.de.core.controller.ServicesConfigCache;
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class ConfigFilePresentHealthCheckTest {
+    private boolean isHealthy(ConfigFilePresentHealthCheck hc) throws Exception {
+        HealthCheck.Result r = Whitebox.invokeMethod(hc, "check");
+        return r.isHealthy();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConfigFilePresent_False() throws Exception {
+        ServicesConfigCache scc = ServicesConfigCache.getInstance();
+        ServiceDistributionCluster[] oldCache = scc.getCache();
+
+        try {
+            ConfigFilePresentHealthCheck hc = new ConfigFilePresentHealthCheck();
+
+            // test with invalid cluster
+            Whitebox.setInternalState(scc, "cache", (Object) null);
+            assertFalse(isHealthy(hc));
+
+            // test with invalid cluster
+            Whitebox.setInternalState(scc, "cache", new ServiceDistributionCluster[0]);
+            assertFalse(isHealthy(hc));
+
+            ServiceDistributionCluster[] arr = new ServiceDistributionCluster[1];
+            arr[0] = new ServiceDistributionCluster();
+            Whitebox.setInternalState(scc, "cache", arr);
+            assertTrue(isHealthy(hc));
+        } finally {
+            Whitebox.setInternalState(scc, "cache", oldCache);
+        }
+    }
+}