diff --git a/static/js/services/datafile-service.js b/static/js/services/datafile-service.js
index 76197a666..3d80ff26f 100644
--- a/static/js/services/datafile-service.js
+++ b/static/js/services/datafile-service.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ angular.module('quay').factory('DataFileService', [function() {
     }
 
     if (plain.byteLength == 0) {
-      failure();
+      success([]);
       return;
     }