diff --git a/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh b/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
index 141ad82..3edfe2d 100755
--- a/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
+++ b/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fi
 # Takes one argument:
 #   - {DIRECTORY}
 get_files() {
-  files=($( find ${1} -maxdepth 1 -name '*wav' \
+  files=($( find ${1} -maxdepth 1 -name '*wav' ! -size 0\
   | sort \
   | awk -F "/" '{print $NF}' ))
   [ -n "${files[1]}" ] && echo "Files loaded"