diff --git a/src/xlsx/xlsxpackage.cpp b/src/xlsx/xlsxpackage.cpp
index 982e3c3..06f5730 100644
--- a/src/xlsx/xlsxpackage.cpp
+++ b/src/xlsx/xlsxpackage.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ bool Package::parsePackage(QIODevice *packageDevice)
     if (!filePaths.contains(QLatin1String("_rels/.rels")))
         return false;
 
-    Relationships rootRels = Relationships::loadFromXmlData(zipReader.fileData(QStringLiteral("_rels/.rels")));
+    Relationships rootRels;
+    rootRels.loadFromXmlData(zipReader.fileData(QStringLiteral("_rels/.rels")));
 
     //load core property
     QList<XlsxRelationship> rels_core = rootRels.packageRelationships(QStringLiteral("/metadata/core-properties"));
@@ -141,8 +142,8 @@ bool Package::parsePackage(QIODevice *packageDevice)
     QString xlworkbook_Name = xlworkbook_PathList[1];
     m_document->workbook()->loadFromXmlData(zipReader.fileData(xlworkbook_Path));
     QList<XlsxSheetItemInfo> sheetNameIdPairList = m_document->workbook()->d_func()->sheetItemInfoList;
-    Relationships xlworkbook_Rels = Relationships::loadFromXmlData(
-                zipReader.fileData(xlworkbook_Dir+QStringLiteral("/_rels/")+xlworkbook_Name+QStringLiteral(".rels")));
+    Relationships xlworkbook_Rels;
+    xlworkbook_Rels.loadFromXmlData(zipReader.fileData(xlworkbook_Dir+QStringLiteral("/_rels/")+xlworkbook_Name+QStringLiteral(".rels")));
 
     //load styles
     QList<XlsxRelationship> rels_styles = xlworkbook_Rels.documentRelationships(QStringLiteral("/styles"));
diff --git a/src/xlsx/xlsxrelationships.cpp b/src/xlsx/xlsxrelationships.cpp
index 3d657e7..55cb99a 100755
--- a/src/xlsx/xlsxrelationships.cpp
+++ b/src/xlsx/xlsxrelationships.cpp
@@ -130,10 +130,9 @@ QByteArray Relationships::saveToXmlData()
     return data;
 }
 
-Relationships Relationships::loadFromXmlFile(QIODevice *device)
+bool Relationships::loadFromXmlFile(QIODevice *device)
 {
-    Relationships rels;
-
+    clear();
     QXmlStreamReader reader(device);
     while (!reader.atEnd()) {
          QXmlStreamReader::TokenType token = reader.readNext();
@@ -145,18 +144,17 @@ Relationships Relationships::loadFromXmlFile(QIODevice *device)
                  relationship.type = attributes.value(QLatin1String("Type")).toString();
                  relationship.target = attributes.value(QLatin1String("Target")).toString();
                  relationship.targetMode = attributes.value(QLatin1String("TargetMode")).toString();
-                 rels.m_relationships.append(relationship);
+                 m_relationships.append(relationship);
              }
          }
 
-         if (reader.hasError()) {
-
-         }
+         if (reader.hasError())
+            return false;
     }
-    return rels;
+    return true;
 }
 
-Relationships Relationships::loadFromXmlData(const QByteArray &data)
+bool Relationships::loadFromXmlData(const QByteArray &data)
 {
     QBuffer buffer;
     buffer.setData(data);
@@ -173,4 +171,19 @@ XlsxRelationship Relationships::getRelationshipById(const QString &id) const
     return XlsxRelationship();
 }
 
+void Relationships::clear()
+{
+    m_relationships.clear();
+}
+
+int Relationships::count() const
+{
+    return m_relationships.count();
+}
+
+bool Relationships::isEmpty() const
+{
+    return m_relationships.isEmpty();
+}
+
 } //namespace
diff --git a/src/xlsx/xlsxrelationships_p.h b/src/xlsx/xlsxrelationships_p.h
index 4b2669a..3ed8be4 100755
--- a/src/xlsx/xlsxrelationships_p.h
+++ b/src/xlsx/xlsxrelationships_p.h
@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ public:
 
     void saveToXmlFile(QIODevice *device);
     QByteArray saveToXmlData();
-    static Relationships loadFromXmlFile(QIODevice *device);
-    static Relationships loadFromXmlData(const QByteArray &data);
+    bool loadFromXmlFile(QIODevice *device);
+    bool loadFromXmlData(const QByteArray &data);
     XlsxRelationship getRelationshipById(const QString &id) const;
 
+    void clear();
+    int count() const;
+    bool isEmpty() const;
+
 private:
     QList<XlsxRelationship> relationships(const QString &type) const;
     void addRelationship(const QString &type, const QString &target, const QString &targetMode=QString());