diff --git a/source/cartastraccia/actor.d b/source/cartastraccia/actor.d
index 8932553..d0c5eba 100644
--- a/source/cartastraccia/actor.d
+++ b/source/cartastraccia/actor.d
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@
 		auto res = req.get(path);
 		string tmp = res.responseBody.data.assumeUTF;
 		validate(tmp);
+        if(tmp.empty) {
+            throw new Exception("Empty response from " ~ feedName ~
+                    ", removing from feeds.");
+        }
 		parseRSS(rss, tmp);
 
 	} catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/source/cartastraccia/include/mrss.d b/source/cartastraccia/include/mrss.d
index 44887ac..9bdff26 100644
--- a/source/cartastraccia/include/mrss.d
+++ b/source/cartastraccia/include/mrss.d
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import std.conv : to;
 
 import core.stdc.time;
+import std.range;
 
 string ZtoString(const char* c) nothrow
 {
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@
 
 auto toZString(string s, ref size_t len) nothrow
 {
+    assert(!s.empty);
+
 	char[] ret = s.to!(char[]);
 	if (ret[$-1] != '\0')
 		ret ~= "\0".to!(char[]);
diff --git a/source/cartastraccia/rss.d b/source/cartastraccia/rss.d
index 0ff5c58..c48b551 100644
--- a/source/cartastraccia/rss.d
+++ b/source/cartastraccia/rss.d
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 void parseRSS(ref RSS rss, string feed) @trusted
 {
 	mrss_t* rssData;
-	size_t len;
+    size_t len;
 	auto fz = feed.toZString(len);
 	mrss_error_t err = mrss_parse_buffer(fz, len, &rssData);