diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AppController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AppController.php
index 78f31ad6ae57..b90db12dd669 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AppController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AppController.php
@@ -353,6 +353,13 @@ class AppController extends BaseController
         try {
             Artisan::call('ninja:check-data');
             Artisan::call('ninja:init-lookup', ['--validate' => true]);
+
+            // check error log is empty
+            $errorLog = storage_path('logs/laravel-error.log');
+            if (file_exists($errorLog)) {
+                return 'Failure: error log exists';
+            }
+
             return RESULT_SUCCESS;
         } catch (Exception $exception) {
             return $exception->getMessage() ?: RESULT_FAILURE;