diff --git a/cp_sh b/cp_sh
index d316338..99d9937 100755
--- a/cp_sh
+++ b/cp_sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ md5_tmp=`mktemp`
 freenow=0
 
 cat "$md5" > "$md5_tmp"
+sed -i '/^$/d' "$md5_tmp"
 cat "$md5_tmp" | while read line; do
   file_orig="$(echo $line | cut -c 33- | sed -r -e "s/^[\ ]//g")"
   file_size=$(du "$file_orig" | cut -f 1)