diff --git a/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandlersImpl.h b/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandlersImpl.h
index 153fbce63d0..27a2a8d328a 100644
--- a/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandlersImpl.h
+++ b/libraries/WebServer/src/detail/RequestHandlersImpl.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class StaticRequestHandler : public RequestHandler {
         }
 
         File f = _fs.open(path, "r");
-        if (!f)
+        if (!f || !f.available())
             return false;
 
         if (_cache_header.length() != 0)