diff --git a/src/Command/CommandHelper.php b/src/Command/CommandHelper.php
index e8f56e6687..b3c4b909ea 100644
--- a/src/Command/CommandHelper.php
+++ b/src/Command/CommandHelper.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use PHPStan\DependencyInjection\NeonAdapter;
 use PHPStan\File\FileFinder;
 use PHPStan\File\FileHelper;
+use PHPStan\File\FileReader;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
@@ -109,9 +110,11 @@ public static function begin(
 				throw new \PHPStan\Command\InceptionNotSuccessfulException();
 			}
 
-			$pathsString = file_get_contents($pathsFile);
-			if ($pathsString === false) {
-				throw new \PHPStan\ShouldNotHappenException();
+			try {
+				$pathsString = FileReader::read($pathsFile);
+			} catch (\PHPStan\File\CouldNotReadFileException $e) {
+				$errorOutput->writeLineFormatted($e->getMessage());
+				throw new \PHPStan\Command\InceptionNotSuccessfulException();
 			}
 
 			$paths = array_values(array_filter(explode("\n", $pathsString), static function (string $path): bool {
@@ -225,10 +228,7 @@ public static function begin(
 
 		$memoryLimitFile = $container->getParameter('memoryLimitFile');
 		if (file_exists($memoryLimitFile)) {
-			$memoryLimitFileContents = file_get_contents($memoryLimitFile);
-			if ($memoryLimitFileContents === false) {
-				throw new \PHPStan\ShouldNotHappenException();
-			}
+			$memoryLimitFileContents = FileReader::read($memoryLimitFile);
 			$errorOutput->writeLineFormatted('PHPStan crashed in the previous run probably because of excessive memory consumption.');
 			$errorOutput->writeLineFormatted(sprintf('It consumed around %s of memory.', $memoryLimitFileContents));
 			$errorOutput->writeLineFormatted('');
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/NeonAdapter.php b/src/DependencyInjection/NeonAdapter.php
index 88773f125f..bf9edad9af 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/NeonAdapter.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/NeonAdapter.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Nette\Neon\Entity;
 use Nette\Neon\Neon;
 use PHPStan\File\FileHelper;
+use PHPStan\File\FileReader;
 
 class NeonAdapter implements Adapter
 {
@@ -26,10 +27,8 @@ class NeonAdapter implements Adapter
 	 */
 	public function load(string $file): array
 	{
-		$contents = file_get_contents($file);
-		if ($contents === false) {
-			throw new \PHPStan\ShouldNotHappenException();
-		}
+		$contents = FileReader::read($file);
+
 		return $this->process((array) Neon::decode($contents), '', $file);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/File/CouldNotReadFileException.php b/src/File/CouldNotReadFileException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2b40fef15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/File/CouldNotReadFileException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace PHPStan\File;
+
+class CouldNotReadFileException extends \PHPStan\AnalysedCodeException
+{
+
+	public function __construct(string $fileName)
+	{
+		parent::__construct(sprintf('Could not read file: %s', $fileName));
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/File/FileReader.php b/src/File/FileReader.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90477570e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/File/FileReader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace PHPStan\File;
+
+use function file_get_contents;
+
+class FileReader
+{
+
+	public static function read(string $fileName): string
+	{
+		$contents = @file_get_contents($fileName);
+		if ($contents === false) {
+			throw new \PHPStan\File\CouldNotReadFileException($fileName);
+		}
+
+		return $contents;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Parser/DirectParser.php b/src/Parser/DirectParser.php
index 2b6f2bfd73..118a61d2da 100644
--- a/src/Parser/DirectParser.php
+++ b/src/Parser/DirectParser.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use PhpParser\ErrorHandler\Collecting;
 use PhpParser\NodeTraverser;
+use PHPStan\File\FileReader;
 
 class DirectParser implements Parser
 {
@@ -26,11 +27,7 @@ public function __construct(\PhpParser\Parser $parser, NodeTraverser $traverser)
 	 */
 	public function parseFile(string $file): array
 	{
-		$contents = file_get_contents($file);
-		if ($contents === false) {
-			throw new \PHPStan\ShouldNotHappenException();
-		}
-		return $this->parseString($contents);
+		return $this->parseString(FileReader::read($file));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/ComposerJsonAndInstalledJsonSourceLocatorMaker.php b/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/ComposerJsonAndInstalledJsonSourceLocatorMaker.php
index 3a92b26fae..1da1ad1f4c 100644
--- a/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/ComposerJsonAndInstalledJsonSourceLocatorMaker.php
+++ b/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/ComposerJsonAndInstalledJsonSourceLocatorMaker.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace PHPStan\Reflection\BetterReflection\SourceLocator;
 
 use Nette\Utils\Json;
+use PHPStan\File\FileReader;
 use Roave\BetterReflection\SourceLocator\Type\AggregateSourceLocator;
 use Roave\BetterReflection\SourceLocator\Type\Composer\Psr\Psr0Mapping;
 use Roave\BetterReflection\SourceLocator\Type\Composer\Psr\Psr4Mapping;
@@ -41,18 +42,10 @@ public function create(string $installationPath): SourceLocator
 		$composerJsonPath = $installationPath . '/composer.json';
 		$installedJsonPath = $installationPath . '/vendor/composer/installed.json';
 
-		$composerJsonContents = file_get_contents($composerJsonPath);
-		if ($composerJsonContents === false) {
-			throw new \PHPStan\ShouldNotHappenException();
-		}
-
+		$composerJsonContents = FileReader::read($composerJsonPath);
 		$composer = Json::decode($composerJsonContents, Json::FORCE_ARRAY);
 
-		$installedJsonContents = file_get_contents($installedJsonPath);
-		if ($installedJsonContents === false) {
-			throw new \PHPStan\ShouldNotHappenException();
-		}
-
+		$installedJsonContents = FileReader::read($installedJsonPath);
 		$installed = Json::decode($installedJsonContents, Json::FORCE_ARRAY);
 
 		$classMapPaths = array_merge(
diff --git a/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/FileNodesFetcher.php b/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/FileNodesFetcher.php
index 0ae7e7e08c..6ae6deacfd 100644
--- a/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/FileNodesFetcher.php
+++ b/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/FileNodesFetcher.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use PhpParser\NodeTraverser;
 use PhpParser\Parser;
+use PHPStan\File\FileReader;
 use Roave\BetterReflection\SourceLocator\Located\LocatedSource;
 
 class FileNodesFetcher
@@ -29,10 +30,7 @@ public function fetchNodes(string $fileName): FetchedNodesResult
 		$nodeTraverser = new NodeTraverser();
 		$nodeTraverser->addVisitor($this->cachingVisitor);
 
-		$contents = file_get_contents($fileName);
-		if ($contents === false) {
-			throw new \PHPStan\ShouldNotHappenException();
-		}
+		$contents = FileReader::read($fileName);
 
 		/** @var \PhpParser\Node[] $ast */
 		$ast = $this->phpParser->parse($contents);