diff --git a/scripts/TouchinBuild/taskRunner.py b/scripts/TouchinBuild/taskRunner.py
index d1f49cb..faa9fb3 100755
--- a/scripts/TouchinBuild/taskRunner.py
+++ b/scripts/TouchinBuild/taskRunner.py
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ class TaskRunner:
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
 	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-	overrideArgs = parser.parse_known_args()[1]
+	parser.add_argument('--settings', required=False)
+	allArgs = parser.parse_known_args()
+
+	knownArgs = allArgs[0]
+	overrideArgs = allArgs[1]
 
 	# компоную препроцессор для индивидуальной обработки строк (удаление комментариев и ведущих пробельных символов)
 	lineStripper = Stripper()
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 	linePreprocessor.addProcessor(lineStripper)
 
 	# TODO:  перенести в корень комапановки
-	settingsPath = 'scripts/settings.txt'
+	settingsPath = knownArgs.settings or 'settings.txt'
 	fromFileSettingsProvider = FromFileSettingsProvider(settingsPath, linePreprocessor)
 	overrideWithCmdSetProvider = CmdArgsOverriderSettingsProvider(fromFileSettingsProvider, overrideArgs, linePreprocessor)
 
diff --git a/scripts/TouchinBuild/utils/SettingsProvider/FromFileSettingsProvider.py b/scripts/TouchinBuild/utils/SettingsProvider/FromFileSettingsProvider.py
index 6df08db..69618c2 100644
--- a/scripts/TouchinBuild/utils/SettingsProvider/FromFileSettingsProvider.py
+++ b/scripts/TouchinBuild/utils/SettingsProvider/FromFileSettingsProvider.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from Core.SettingsProviderBase import SettingsProviderBase
 from parsers.SettingsParser.SettingsParser import SettingsParser
 
@@ -13,6 +14,12 @@ class FromFileSettingsProvider(SettingsProviderBase):
 		self.compositeLineProcessor = compositeLineProcessor
 
 	def fetchSettings(self):
+		if not os.path.exists(self.pathToSettings):
+			raise Exception('settings file {0} not found'.format(self.pathToSettings))
+
+		if not os.path.isfile(self.pathToSettings):
+			raise Exception('{0} is not a file'.format(self.pathToSettings))
+
 		settingsFile = open(self.pathToSettings)
 		content = settingsFile.read()