diff --git a/agent-node/VERSION b/agent-node/VERSION
index 1edd062..eea6f62 100644
--- a/agent-node/VERSION
+++ b/agent-node/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.71
+1.0.72
diff --git a/agent-node/src/agent_node/core/watcher.py b/agent-node/src/agent_node/core/watcher.py
index 8cd7fc9..3ad635d 100644
--- a/agent-node/src/agent_node/core/watcher.py
+++ b/agent-node/src/agent_node/core/watcher.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
                 index = 0
                 while True:
                     chunk = f.read(chunk_size)
-                    if not chunk:
+                    if not chunk and index > 0:
                         break
                     
                     hasher.update(chunk)
diff --git a/agent-node/src/agent_node/node.py b/agent-node/src/agent_node/node.py
index 53d2efa..354219a 100644
--- a/agent-node/src/agent_node/node.py
+++ b/agent-node/src/agent_node/node.py
@@ -774,7 +774,8 @@
                 index = 0
                 while True:
                     chunk = f.read(chunk_size)
-                    if not chunk: break
+                    if not chunk and index > 0: 
+                        break
                     
                     hasher.update(chunk)
                     offset = f.tell() - len(chunk)