diff --git a/litdata/streaming/config.py b/litdata/streaming/config.py
index 684f0f843..ef32cd843 100644
--- a/litdata/streaming/config.py
+++ b/litdata/streaming/config.py
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ def __getitem__(self, index: ChunkedIndex) -> Tuple[str, int, int]:
         if self._compressor is not None:
             local_chunkpath = local_chunkpath.replace(f".{self._compressor_name}", "")
 
-        return local_chunkpath, *self._intervals[index.chunk_index]
+        begin = self._intervals[index.chunk_index][0]
+
+        return local_chunkpath, begin, chunk["chunk_bytes"]
 
     def _get_chunk_index_from_filename(self, chunk_filename: str) -> int:
         """Retrieves the associated chunk_index for a given chunk filename."""
diff --git a/litdata/streaming/item_loader.py b/litdata/streaming/item_loader.py
index 5cd8fdd25..6a2bbde5e 100644
--- a/litdata/streaming/item_loader.py
+++ b/litdata/streaming/item_loader.py
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ def pre_load_chunk(self, chunk_index: int, chunk_filepath: str) -> None:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def load_item_from_chunk(self, index: int, chunk_index: int, chunk_filepath: str, begin: int) -> Any:
+    def load_item_from_chunk(
+        self, index: int, chunk_index: int, chunk_filepath: str, begin: int, chunk_bytes: int
+    ) -> Any:
         """Returns an item loaded from a chunk."""
         pass
 
@@ -81,18 +83,20 @@ def generate_intervals(self) -> List[Tuple[int, int]]:
     def pre_load_chunk(self, chunk_index: int, chunk_filepath: str) -> None:
         pass
 
-    def load_item_from_chunk(self, index: int, chunk_index: int, chunk_filepath: str, begin: int) -> bytes:
+    def load_item_from_chunk(
+        self, index: int, chunk_index: int, chunk_filepath: str, begin: int, chunk_bytes: int
+    ) -> bytes:
         offset = (1 + (index - begin) if index >= begin else index + 1) * 4
 
         if chunk_filepath in self._chunk_filepaths and not os.path.isfile(chunk_filepath):
             del self._chunk_filepaths[chunk_filepath]
 
         if chunk_filepath not in self._chunk_filepaths:
-            exists = os.path.exists(chunk_filepath) and os.stat(chunk_filepath).st_size > 0
+            exists = os.path.exists(chunk_filepath) and os.stat(chunk_filepath).st_size >= chunk_bytes
 
             while not exists:
                 sleep(0.1)
-                exists = os.path.exists(chunk_filepath) and os.stat(chunk_filepath).st_size > 0
+                exists = os.path.exists(chunk_filepath) and os.stat(chunk_filepath).st_size >= chunk_bytes
 
             self._chunk_filepaths[chunk_filepath] = True
 
@@ -191,7 +195,9 @@ def pre_load_chunk(self, chunk_index: int, chunk_filepath: str) -> None:
         if os.path.exists(chunk_filepath) and os.stat(chunk_filepath).st_size > 0:
             self._load_chunk(chunk_index, chunk_filepath)
 
-    def load_item_from_chunk(self, index: int, chunk_index: int, chunk_filepath: str, begin: int) -> torch.Tensor:
+    def load_item_from_chunk(
+        self, index: int, chunk_index: int, chunk_filepath: str, begin: int, chunk_bytes: int
+    ) -> torch.Tensor:
         if chunk_filepath in self._chunk_filepaths and not os.path.isfile(chunk_filepath):
             del self._chunk_filepaths[chunk_filepath]
 
diff --git a/litdata/streaming/reader.py b/litdata/streaming/reader.py
index b0aff6a98..2116d9c36 100644
--- a/litdata/streaming/reader.py
+++ b/litdata/streaming/reader.py
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ def read(self, index: ChunkedIndex) -> Any:
                 self._last_chunk_index = index.chunk_index
 
         # Fetch the element
-        chunk_filepath, begin, _ = self.config[index]
-        item = self._item_loader.load_item_from_chunk(index.index, index.chunk_index, chunk_filepath, begin)
+        chunk_filepath, begin, chunk_bytes = self.config[index]
+        item = self._item_loader.load_item_from_chunk(index.index, index.chunk_index, chunk_filepath, begin, chunk_bytes)
 
         # We need to request deletion after the latest element has been loaded.
         # Otherwise, this could trigger segmentation fault error depending on the item loader used.