diff --git a/apps/epg/tasks.py b/apps/epg/tasks.py
index 452478a2..087d9fba 100644
--- a/apps/epg/tasks.py
+++ b/apps/epg/tasks.py
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ def extract_compressed_file(file_path, output_path=None, delete_original=False):
                     with open(extracted_path, 'wb') as out_file:
                         while True:
                             chunk = gz_file.read(MAX_EXTRACT_CHUNK_SIZE)
-                            if not chunk:
+                            if not chunk or len(chunk) == 0:
                                 break
                             out_file.write(chunk)
             except Exception as e:
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ def extract_compressed_file(file_path, output_path=None, delete_original=False):
                     with zip_file.open(xml_files[0], "r") as xml_file:
                         while True:
                             chunk = xml_file.read(MAX_EXTRACT_CHUNK_SIZE)
-                            if not chunk:
+                            if not chunk or len(chunk) == 0:
                                 break
                             out_file.write(chunk)