diff --git a/extern/imgui_patched/imgui.cpp b/extern/imgui_patched/imgui.cpp
index 4d57efc02..e2552fe2b 100644
--- a/extern/imgui_patched/imgui.cpp
+++ b/extern/imgui_patched/imgui.cpp
@@ -12478,9 +12478,12 @@ bool ImGui::LoadIniSettingsFromDisk(const char* ini_filename, bool redundancy)
         if (!file_data) continue;
 
         for (size_t j=0; j<file_data_size; j++) {
+          if (file_data[j]==0) {
+            viable=false;
+            break;
+          }
           if (file_data[j]!='\r' && file_data[j]!='\n' && file_data[j]!=' ') {
             viable=true;
-            break;
           }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/engine/config.cpp b/src/engine/config.cpp
index d2333ab56..6d90a49f1 100644
--- a/src/engine/config.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/config.cpp
@@ -148,9 +148,13 @@ bool DivConfig::loadFromFile(const char* path, bool createOnFail, bool redundanc
         }
 
         for (size_t j=0; j<readBufLen; j++) {
+          if (readBuf[j]==0) {
+            viable=false;
+            logW("a zero?");
+            break;
+          }
           if (readBuf[j]!='\r' && readBuf[j]!='\n' && readBuf[j]!=' ') {
             viable=true;
-            break;
           }
         }