diff --git a/src/ChurchCRM/Service/SystemService.php b/src/ChurchCRM/Service/SystemService.php
index af4d16becf..d2ed327757 100644
--- a/src/ChurchCRM/Service/SystemService.php
+++ b/src/ChurchCRM/Service/SystemService.php
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ function runTimerJobs()
       $diff = $previous->diff($now);  // calculate the difference.
       if (!SystemConfig::getValue("sLastIntegrityCheckTimeStamp") || $diff->h >= SystemConfig::getValue("sIntegrityCheckInterval"))  // if there was no previous backup, or if the interval suggests we do a backup now.
       {
-        $integrityCheckFile = dirname(__DIR__) . "/integrityCheck.json";
+        $integrityCheckFile = SystemURLs::getDocumentRoot() . "/integrityCheck.json";
         $appIntegrity = $this->verifyApplicationIntegrity();
         file_put_contents($integrityCheckFile, json_encode($appIntegrity));
         $now = new \DateTime();  // update the LastBackupTimeStamp.
diff --git a/src/ChurchCRM/Service/TaskService.php b/src/ChurchCRM/Service/TaskService.php
index f81fa1e601..1828934638 100644
--- a/src/ChurchCRM/Service/TaskService.php
+++ b/src/ChurchCRM/Service/TaskService.php
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ public function __construct()
 
   function getAdminTasks() {
     requireUserGroupMembership("bAdmin");
-    $integrityCheckData = json_decode(file_get_contents(SystemURLs::getDocumentRoot()."/integrityCheck.json"));
+    if (file_exists(SystemURLs::getDocumentRoot()."/integrityCheck.json"))
+    {
+      $integrityCheckData = json_decode(file_get_contents(SystemURLs::getDocumentRoot()."/integrityCheck.json"));
+    }
 
     $tasks = array();
     if (SystemConfig::getValue("bRegistered") != 1) {
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ function getAdminTasks() {
       array_push($tasks, $this->addTask(gettext("New Release") . " " . $this->latestVersion["name"], SystemURLs::getRootPath()."/UpgradeCRM.php", true));
     }
     
-    if($integrityCheckData->status == "failure") {
+    if($integrityCheckData == null || $integrityCheckData->status == "failure") {
       array_push($tasks, $this->addTask(gettext("Application Integrity Check Failed"), SystemURLs::getRootPath()."/IntegrityCheck.php", true));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/IntegrityCheck.php b/src/IntegrityCheck.php
index 8e9554d2e0..7ab9b086a1 100644
--- a/src/IntegrityCheck.php
+++ b/src/IntegrityCheck.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 require 'Include/Config.php';
 require 'Include/Functions.php';
 
+use ChurchCRM\dto\SystemURLs;
+
 //Set the page title
 $sPageTitle = gettext('Integrity Check Results');
 if (!$_SESSION['bAdmin'])
@@ -12,8 +14,16 @@
   exit;
 }
 require 'Include/Header.php';
-$integrityCheckFile =  __DIR__ ."/integrityCheck.json";
-$IntegrityCheckDetails = json_decode(file_get_contents($integrityCheckFile));
+$integrityCheckFile = SystemURLs::getDocumentRoot() ."/integrityCheck.json";
+
+if (file_exists($integrityCheckFile))
+{
+  $IntegrityCheckDetails = json_decode(file_get_contents($integrityCheckFile));
+}
+else {
+ $IntegrityCheckDetails->status = "failure";
+ $IntegrityCheckDetails->message = "integrityCheck.json file missing";
+}
 
 if ($IntegrityCheckDetails->status == "failure")
 {