diff --git a/src/MANYBODY/pair_adp.cpp b/src/MANYBODY/pair_adp.cpp
index 7b48522e84..4fd19a36c4 100644
--- a/src/MANYBODY/pair_adp.cpp
+++ b/src/MANYBODY/pair_adp.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "neigh_list.h"
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 
 using namespace LAMMPS_NS;
 
@@ -561,10 +562,10 @@ void PairADP::read_file(char *filename)
 
   int n;
   if (me == 0) {
-    fgets(line,MAXLINE,fp);
-    fgets(line,MAXLINE,fp);
-    fgets(line,MAXLINE,fp);
-    fgets(line,MAXLINE,fp);
+    utils::sfgets(FLERR,line,MAXLINE,fp,filename,error);
+    utils::sfgets(FLERR,line,MAXLINE,fp,filename,error);
+    utils::sfgets(FLERR,line,MAXLINE,fp,filename,error);
+    utils::sfgets(FLERR,line,MAXLINE,fp,filename,error);
     n = strlen(line) + 1;
   }
   MPI_Bcast(&n,1,MPI_INT,0,world);
@@ -589,7 +590,7 @@ void PairADP::read_file(char *filename)
   delete [] words;
 
   if (me == 0) {
-    fgets(line,MAXLINE,fp);
+    utils::sfgets(FLERR,line,MAXLINE,fp,filename,error);
     sscanf(line,"%d %lg %d %lg %lg",
            &file->nrho,&file->drho,&file->nr,&file->dr,&file->cut);
   }
@@ -613,32 +614,32 @@ void PairADP::read_file(char *filename)
   int i,j,tmp;
   for (i = 0; i < file->nelements; i++) {
     if (me == 0) {
-      fgets(line,MAXLINE,fp);
+      utils::sfgets(FLERR,line,MAXLINE,fp,filename,error);
       sscanf(line,"%d %lg",&tmp,&file->mass[i]);
     }
     MPI_Bcast(&file->mass[i],1,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
 
-    if (me == 0) grab(fp,file->nrho,&file->frho[i][1]);
+    if (me == 0) grab(fp,filename,file->nrho,&file->frho[i][1]);
     MPI_Bcast(&file->frho[i][1],file->nrho,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
-    if (me == 0) grab(fp,file->nr,&file->rhor[i][1]);
+    if (me == 0) grab(fp,filename,file->nr,&file->rhor[i][1]);
     MPI_Bcast(&file->rhor[i][1],file->nr,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
   }
 
   for (i = 0; i < file->nelements; i++)
     for (j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
-      if (me == 0) grab(fp,file->nr,&file->z2r[i][j][1]);
+      if (me == 0) grab(fp,filename,file->nr,&file->z2r[i][j][1]);
       MPI_Bcast(&file->z2r[i][j][1],file->nr,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
     }
 
   for (i = 0; i < file->nelements; i++)
     for (j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
-      if (me == 0) grab(fp,file->nr,&file->u2r[i][j][1]);
+      if (me == 0) grab(fp,filename,file->nr,&file->u2r[i][j][1]);
       MPI_Bcast(&file->u2r[i][j][1],file->nr,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
     }
 
   for (i = 0; i < file->nelements; i++)
     for (j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
-      if (me == 0) grab(fp,file->nr,&file->w2r[i][j][1]);
+      if (me == 0) grab(fp,filename,file->nr,&file->w2r[i][j][1]);
       MPI_Bcast(&file->w2r[i][j][1],file->nr,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
     }
 
@@ -918,14 +919,14 @@ void PairADP::interpolate(int n, double delta, double *f, double **spline)
    only called by proc 0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-void PairADP::grab(FILE *fp, int n, double *list)
+void PairADP::grab(FILE *fp, char *filename, int n, double *list)
 {
   char *ptr;
   char line[MAXLINE];
 
   int i = 0;
   while (i < n) {
-    fgets(line,MAXLINE,fp);
+    utils::sfgets(FLERR,line,MAXLINE,fp,filename,error);
     ptr = strtok(line," \t\n\r\f");
     list[i++] = atof(ptr);
     while ((ptr = strtok(NULL," \t\n\r\f"))) list[i++] = atof(ptr);
diff --git a/src/MANYBODY/pair_adp.h b/src/MANYBODY/pair_adp.h
index e4f8275639..360e910c2a 100644
--- a/src/MANYBODY/pair_adp.h
+++ b/src/MANYBODY/pair_adp.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class PairADP : public Pair {
   void allocate();
   void array2spline();
   void interpolate(int, double, double *, double **);
-  void grab(FILE *, int, double *);
+  void grab(FILE *, char *, int, double *);
 
   void read_file(char *);
   void file2array();