diff --git a/fish_cfg/functions/fish_greeting.fish b/fish_cfg/functions/fish_greeting.fish
index 7e3f78b..bed16fa 100644
--- a/fish_cfg/functions/fish_greeting.fish
+++ b/fish_cfg/functions/fish_greeting.fish
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@ function fish_greeting
     #
     nagios_status
     #
-    echo; echo; cat ~/todo.txt
+    if test -f ~/todo.txt
+        echo
+        echo
+        cat ~/todo.txt
+    end
 end