diff --git a/apps/encoder.c b/apps/encoder.c
index af9554589d813007f8b04ec2df6f4f6a0369fe4c..193587f313160c4ee7019dd3d824623bb0e29cd9 100644
--- a/apps/encoder.c
+++ b/apps/encoder.c
@@ -681,7 +681,11 @@ int main(
         {
             if ( ( error = JbmFileReader_readCAconfig( jbmReader, &caConfig ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
             {
+#ifdef FIX_699_FILE_READER_JBM_TSM
+                fprintf( stderr, "\nError (%s) while reading Channel-Aware Config. from: %s\n\n", IVAS_ENC_GetErrorMessage( error ), JbmFileReader_getFilePath( jbmReader ) );
+#else
                 fprintf( stderr, "JbmFileReader_readCAconfig() failed: %s\n\n", IVAS_ENC_GetErrorMessage( error ) );
+#endif
                 goto cleanup;
             }
 
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 3e4dae0d5730ab210fe9853da098196d5929e9f5..91172d59afc4c1193ebe4ee2bdc32e06835c7138
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 #define FIX_ACCESS_WITHIN_NULL_STRUCT_MC_BW_SWITCHING   /* FhG: fix usan error in MCT with bw swicthing */
 #define NONBE_FIX_986_MC_BW_SWITCHING                   /* FhG: fix crash in bw and br switching with MC */
 #define NONBE_FIX_975_JBM_USAN                          /* FhG: Fix issue #975, USAN in JBM decoding ad 13.2kbps */
+#define FIX_699_FILE_READER_JBM_TSM                     /* VA: issue 699: complement FileReader_getFilePath() logic for TSM and JBM */
 
 #define NONBE_FIX_947_STEREO_DMX_EVS_POC                      /* Orange: Fix clicks on POC */
 #ifdef NONBE_FIX_947_STEREO_DMX_EVS_POC