diff --git a/cmd/drone-github-comment/config.go b/cmd/drone-github-comment/config.go
index 3be1e99..2d8be65 100644
--- a/cmd/drone-github-comment/config.go
+++ b/cmd/drone-github-comment/config.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 	"github.com/thegeeklab/drone-github-comment/plugin"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
 // settingsFlags has the cli.Flags for the plugin.Settings.
@@ -39,5 +39,12 @@ func settingsFlags(settings *plugin.Settings) []cli.Flag {
 			EnvVars:     []string{"PLUGIN_UPDATE", "GITHUB_COMMENT_UPDATE"},
 			Destination: &settings.Update,
 		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:        "skip-missing",
+			Value:       false,
+			Usage:       "message need to be an existing file",
+			EnvVars:     []string{"PLUGIN_SKIP_MISSING", "GITHUB_COMMENT_SKIP_MISSING"},
+			Destination: &settings.SkipMissing,
+		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugin/impl.go b/plugin/impl.go
index 9f85d56..52e68a3 100644
--- a/plugin/impl.go
+++ b/plugin/impl.go
@@ -8,17 +8,20 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-github/v35/github"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 )
 
 // Settings for the Plugin.
 type Settings struct {
-	BaseURL  string
-	IssueNum int
-	Key      string
-	Message  string
-	Update   bool
-	APIKey   string
+	BaseURL     string
+	IssueNum    int
+	Key         string
+	Message     string
+	Update      bool
+	APIKey      string
+	SkipMissing bool
+	IsFile      bool
 
 	baseURL *url.URL
 }
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ func (p *Plugin) Validate() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no message provides")
 	}
 	if p.settings.Message != "" {
-		if p.settings.Message, err = readStringOrFile(p.settings.Message); err != nil {
+		if p.settings.Message, p.settings.IsFile, err = readStringOrFile(p.settings.Message); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error while reading %s: %w", p.settings.Message, err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ func (p *Plugin) Validate() error {
 		hash := sha256.Sum256([]byte(key))
 		p.settings.Key = fmt.Sprintf("%x", hash)
 	}
-	if p.settings.Key, err = readStringOrFile(p.settings.Key); err != nil {
+	if p.settings.Key, _, err = readStringOrFile(p.settings.Key); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error while reading %s: %w", p.settings.Key, err)
 	}
 
@@ -86,6 +89,11 @@ func (p *Plugin) Execute() error {
 		IssueNum: p.pipeline.Build.PullRequest,
 	}
 
+	if p.settings.SkipMissing && !p.settings.IsFile {
+		logrus.Printf("comment skipped: 'message' is not a valid path or file does not exist wile 'skip-missing' is enabled")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	err := cc.issueComment()
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plugin/utils.go b/plugin/utils.go
index f4caaf7..1d497c3 100644
--- a/plugin/utils.go
+++ b/plugin/utils.go
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-func readStringOrFile(input string) (string, error) {
+func readStringOrFile(input string) (string, bool, error) {
 	if len(input) > 255 {
-		return input, nil
+		return input, false, nil
 	}
 	// Check if input is a file path
 	if _, err := os.Stat(input); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		// No file found => use input as result
-		return input, nil
+		return input, false, nil
 	} else if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", false, err
 	}
 	result, err := ioutil.ReadFile(input)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", true, err
 	}
-	return string(result), nil
+	return string(result), true, nil
 }