diff --git a/src/ckdb.c b/src/ckdb.c
index abc7e4b0..22a9d01b 100644
--- a/src/ckdb.c
+++ b/src/ckdb.c
@@ -2771,9 +2771,14 @@ static bool reload_from(tv_t *start)
 			   count, count == 1 ? "" : "s",
 			   filename);
 		total += count;
-		if (apipe)
+		if (apipe) {
 			pclose(fp);
-		else
+			if (count == 0) {
+				quithere(1, "ABORTING - No data returned from "
+					    "compressed file \"%s\"",
+					    filename);
+			}
+		} else
 			fclose(fp);
 		free(filename);
 		if (everyone_die || matched)
diff --git a/src/ckdb.h b/src/ckdb.h
index 0386852d..ee70868e 100644
--- a/src/ckdb.h
+++ b/src/ckdb.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 #define DB_VLOCK "1"
 #define DB_VERSION "0.9.6"
-#define CKDB_VERSION DB_VERSION"-0.730"
+#define CKDB_VERSION DB_VERSION"-0.731"
 
 #define WHERE_FFL " - from %s %s() line %d"
 #define WHERE_FFL_HERE __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__