X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FIdentifyFile.java;fp=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FIdentifyFile.java;h=aec05400eb630ef89c3f05734fee91a9cbe8d8df;hb=bba4068e8eef0a40c524396157de1656f785e141;hp=ff0f0ccb0b0bda684f60e637b8b576317bb2db8c;hpb=a9734e4d3a0683b713aee7136bfda0640ef579b1;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/IdentifyFile.java b/src/jalview/io/IdentifyFile.java
index ff0f0cc..aec0540 100755
--- a/src/jalview/io/IdentifyFile.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/IdentifyFile.java
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ public class IdentifyFile
           {
             break;
           }
+          if (data == null)
+          {
+            break;
+          }
         }
 
         if (data.indexOf("{\"") > -1)