diff --git a/__tests__/index.js b/__tests__/index.js
index 29273a6..3294b79 100644
--- a/__tests__/index.js
+++ b/__tests__/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ function loadFile(name) {
 }
 
 describe("objective-c-parser", () => {
+	describe("empty file", () => {
+		const empty = loadFile("empty");
+		it("should return an empty list of methods for an empty header file", () => {
+			expect(objcToJs(empty).methods).toEqual([]);
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe("basic example", () => {
 		const basic = loadFile("basic");
 		it("should return name of basic example", () => {
diff --git a/exampleFiles/empty.h b/exampleFiles/empty.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c81145a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exampleFiles/empty.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+
+// just an empty header file
+
+@end
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 95a4860..441c962 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ function extractNameOfMethodWithoutArguments(methodBody, rawArgs) {
 
 const parseMethods = file => {
 	const lines = file.split("\n");
+  	const methodDeclarations = file.match(methodDeclarationRegex) || [];
 
-	return file.match(methodDeclarationRegex).map(methodDeclaration => {
+	return methodDeclarations.map(methodDeclaration => {
 		const returnType = methodDeclaration.match(matchReturnType);
 
 		const methodBody = methodDeclaration