diff --git a/plugins/importFE/view.php b/plugins/importFE/view.php
index 64839b0fc..ab0cd2ef4 100755
--- a/plugins/importFE/view.php
+++ b/plugins/importFE/view.php
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ $filename = get('filename');
 
 $content = file_get_contents($directory.'/'.$filename);
 
+if (empty($content)) {
+    return;
+}
+
 // XML
 $xml = new DOMDocument();
 $xml->loadXML($content);
diff --git a/src/Util/XML.php b/src/Util/XML.php
index cacde4b67..9d3727f0d 100755
--- a/src/Util/XML.php
+++ b/src/Util/XML.php
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ class XML
      */
     public static function read($string)
     {
+        if (empty($string)) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
         $content = $string;
 
         libxml_use_internal_errors(true);