README.md

 Webservice
 ==========
 
-A Go-based simple web service meant to be the subject of any tutorial
-or even used the project work.
+A Go-based simple web service meant to be the subject of any exercise
+or even used in the project work.
 
 
 #### Prerequisites:

configuration/config.go

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func New() ( *Config, error ){
                 fmt.Sprintln( "Database password must be a file path" ),
             )
         }
-        _, err := os.Stat( cfg.DatabasePassword )
+        fileInfo, err := os.Stat( cfg.DatabasePassword )
         if err != nil {
             if errors.Is( err, os.ErrNotExist ){
                 return nil, errors.New(
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ func New() ( *Config, error ){
                 fmt.Sprintln( "Database password file not accessible" ),
             )
         }
+        if fileInfo.Size() <= 0 {
+            return nil, errors.New(
+                fmt.Sprintln( "Database password file is empty" ),
+            )
+        }
     }
 
     if len( cfg.FontColor ) >= 1 {

go.mod

 module webservice
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.24
 
 require (
 	github.com/caarlos0/env/v9 v9.0.0