diff --git a/emitter.go b/emitter.go
index e2c8beb5..8e4180c2 100644
--- a/emitter.go
+++ b/emitter.go
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ func CopyMulty(src io.Reader, writers ...io.Writer) (err error) {
 
 			if Settings.prettifyHTTP {
 				payload = prettifyHTTP(payload)
+				if len(payload) == 0 {
+					continue
+				}
 			}
 
 			if Settings.splitOutput {
diff --git a/http_prettifier.go b/http_prettifier.go
index fa4360c7..3a6c4262 100644
--- a/http_prettifier.go
+++ b/http_prettifier.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func prettifyHTTP(p []byte) []byte {
 
         if err != nil {
             Debug("[Prettifier] GZIP encoding error:", err)
+            return []byte{}
         }
 
         content, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(g)