diff --git a/nimPNG.nim b/nimPNG.nim
index 707a65b..aa01934 100644
--- a/nimPNG.nim
+++ b/nimPNG.nim
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ proc parsePNG(s: Stream, settings: PNGDecoder): PNG =
     let length = s.readInt32BE()
     let chunkType = PNGChunkType(s.readInt32BE())
 
-    let data = s.readStr(length)
+    let data = if length == 0: "" else: s.readStr(length)
     let crc = cast[uint32](s.readInt32BE())
     let calculatedCRC = crc32(crc32(0, $chunkType), data)
     if calculatedCRC != crc and not PNGDecoder(png.settings).ignoreCRC:
diff --git a/nimPNG.nimble b/nimPNG.nimble
index c8ac8b3..346da5b 100644
--- a/nimPNG.nimble
+++ b/nimPNG.nimble
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Package
-version       = "0.2.1"
+version       = "0.2.2"
 author        = "Andri Lim"
 description   = "PNG encoder and decoder"
 license       = "MIT"