diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6525da2..e2ddf79 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
 csv = "1.3.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
 tree-sitter = "0.22.5"
-tree-sitter-tlaplus = "1.3.3"
+tree-sitter-tlaplus = "1.3.6"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 glob = "0.3.1"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1d015a5..43f6cf3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -107,4 +107,20 @@ mod tests {
         let actual = std::fs::read_to_string(&output_path).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(expected, actual);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_blank_input_file() {
+        let project_root = std::env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
+        let input_path = PathBuf::from(project_root)
+            .join("tests")
+            .join("BlankFile.tla");
+        let output_path = input_path.clone();
+        let result: Result<()> = convert(
+            input_path.as_path(),
+            output_path.as_path(),
+            tlauc::Mode::AsciiToUnicode,
+            false,
+        );
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/BlankFile.tla b/tests/BlankFile.tla
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29