diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b5d3faebb..1187209be 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ checksum = "53953d2d3a5ad81d9f844a32f14ebb121f50b650cd59d0ee2a07cf13c617efed"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokei"
-version = "12.0.2"
+version = "12.0.3"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a17aac7ae..0069984cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 name = "tokei"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei.git"
-version = "12.0.2"
+version = "12.0.3"
 
 [features]
 all = ["cbor", "yaml"]
diff --git a/src/language/syntax.rs b/src/language/syntax.rs
index 6cb4cb6c9..db43b3223 100644
--- a/src/language/syntax.rs
+++ b/src/language/syntax.rs
@@ -461,8 +461,13 @@ impl SyntaxCounter {
                             LanguageType::from_mime(&String::from_utf8_lossy(m.as_bytes().trim()))
                         })
                         .unwrap_or(LanguageType::JavaScript);
+                    let script_contents = &lines[start_of_code..end_of_code];
+                    if script_contents.trim().is_empty() {
+                        return None
+                    }
+
                     let stats = language.parse_from_slice(
-                        &lines[start_of_code..end_of_code].trim_first_and_last_line_of_whitespace(),
+                        script_contents.trim_first_and_last_line_of_whitespace(),
                         config,
                     );
                     Some(FileContext::new(