diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 3bf57ef8..0f7ae6da 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 ## slpkg - ChangeLog
 
-### 5.0.3 - 31/03/2024
+### 5.0.3 - 01/04/2024
 - Updated:
     * Updated for slpkg_new-configs and (D)iff command (Thanks to Marav)
 
+- Bugfixes:
+    * JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) (Thanks to Marav)
+
 ### 5.0.2 - 30/03/2024
 - Updated:
     * Updated for coding style
diff --git a/slpkg/utilities.py b/slpkg/utilities.py
index a9bebc6d..ce14fa7f 100644
--- a/slpkg/utilities.py
+++ b/slpkg/utilities.py
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ class Utilities(Configs):
             json_data: dict = json.loads(file.read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
         except FileNotFoundError:
             self.errors.raise_error_message(f'{file} not found.', exit_status=1)
+        except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
+            pass
         return json_data
 
     def ignore_packages(self, packages: list) -> list: