--- a/tt	Thu Feb 12 22:50:17 2009 +0100
+++ b/tt	Thu Feb 12 23:15:49 2009 +0100
@@ -110,10 +110,12 @@
 
 function status
 {
-    NAME=`tail -n 1 "$TT_PROJECT" | cut -f 2`
-	STARTDATE=`tail -n 1 "$TT_PROJECT" | cut -f 1`
+	if [ -f "$TT_PROJECT" ]; then
+        NAME=`tail -n 1 "$TT_PROJECT" | cut -f 2`
+        STARTDATE=`tail -n 1 "$TT_PROJECT" | cut -f 1`
 
-    echo `timebetween "$STARTDATE" "now"` "$NAME"
+        echo `timebetween "$STARTDATE" "now"` "$NAME"
+    fi
 }
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then