diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 687377f..7ea146b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ func (consumer *Consumer) Cleanup(sarama.ConsumerGroupSession) error {
 	for k, v := range consumer.stats.StatMap {
 		if k == "TOTAL" {
 			continue
+		} else if k == "ERROR" {
+			defer log.Printf("Unable to decode schema in %v messages. They might be empty, or do not contains any schema.", v)
 		} else {
 			utils.CalcPercentile(k, v, consumedMessages)
 		}
@@ -108,6 +110,12 @@ func (consumer *Consumer) ConsumeClaim(session sarama.ConsumerGroupSession, clai
 	for {
 		select {
 		case message := <-claim.Messages():
+			if len(message.Value) < 5 {
+				log.Printf("error encoding message offset: %v\n", message.Offset)
+				// append error value, using 4294967295 as a dummy value (end of uint32)
+				utils.CalcStat(consumer.stats, 4294967295, &consumer.consumerLock)
+				break
+			}
 			schemaId := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(message.Value[1:5])
 			utils.CalcStat(consumer.stats, schemaId, &consumer.consumerLock)
 			if consumer.config.store { // lock map, and build result for analysis
diff --git a/utils/stats.go b/utils/stats.go
index 94d87df..71a8fc1 100644
--- a/utils/stats.go
+++ b/utils/stats.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type ResultStats struct {
 
 func CalcPercentile(k string, v, consumedMessages int) {
 	idPerc := math.Round((float64(v) / float64(consumedMessages) * 100))
-	c := color.New(color.FgGreen, color.BgWhite)
+	c := color.New(color.FgGreen)
 	c.Printf("Schema ID %v => %v%%\n", k, idPerc)
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ func AppendResult(stat ResultStats, offset int64, schemaId uint32, lock *sync.RW
 func CalcStat(stat ResultStats, schemaId uint32, lock *sync.RWMutex) {
 	lock.Lock()
 	defer lock.Unlock()
+	// 4294967295 represents error
+	if schemaId == 4294967295 {
+		stat.StatMap["ERROR"] += 1
+		return
+	}
 	stat.StatMap[fmt.Sprint(schemaId)] += 1
 	stat.StatMap["TOTAL"] += 1
 }