diff --git a/rowers/views/statements.py b/rowers/views/statements.py
index 46a19e38..76d74423 100644
--- a/rowers/views/statements.py
+++ b/rowers/views/statements.py
@@ -1121,6 +1121,8 @@ def rowhascoordinates(row):
 def rdata(file,rower=rrower()):
     try:
         res = rrdata(csvfile=file,rower=rower)
+    except pd.errors.EmptyDataError:
+        res = 0
     except (IOError, IndexError, EOFError,FileNotFoundError):
         try:
             res = rrdata(csvfile=file+'.gz',rower=rower)