diff --git a/corsikaio/file.py b/corsikaio/file.py
index 6d78d67..1a63c29 100644
--- a/corsikaio/file.py
+++ b/corsikaio/file.py
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ def run_end(self):
         return self._run_end
 
     def __next__(self):
-        block = next(self._block_iter)
+        try:
+            block = next(self._block_iter)
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise IOError("File seems to be truncated")
 
         if block[:4] == b'RUNE':
             self._run_end = parse_run_end(block)
@@ -88,7 +91,11 @@ def __next__(self):
         data_bytes = bytearray()
         long_bytes = bytearray()
 
-        block = next(self._block_iter)
+        try:
+            block = next(self._block_iter)
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise IOError("File seems to be truncated")
+
         while block[:4] != b'EVTE':
 
             if block[:4] == b'LONG':
@@ -96,7 +103,10 @@ def __next__(self):
             else:
                 data_bytes += block
 
-            block = next(self._block_iter)
+            try:
+                block = next(self._block_iter)
+            except StopIteration:
+                raise IOError("File seems to be truncated")
 
         if self.parse_blocks:
             event_end = parse_event_end(block)[0]
diff --git a/corsikaio/io.py b/corsikaio/io.py
index 81472a6..a060781 100644
--- a/corsikaio/io.py
+++ b/corsikaio/io.py
@@ -72,20 +72,31 @@ def iter_blocks(f):
         # for the fortran-chunked output, we need to read the record size
         if is_fortran_file:
             data = f.read(RECORD_MARKER.size)
+            if len(data) == 0:
+                return
+
             if len(data) < RECORD_MARKER.size:
                 raise IOError("Read less bytes than expected, file seems to be truncated")
 
             buffer_size, = RECORD_MARKER.unpack(data)
 
         data = f.read(buffer_size)
+        if is_fortran_file:
+            if len(data) < buffer_size:
+                raise IOError("Read less bytes than expected, file seems to be truncated")
+
+        else:
+            if len(data) == 0:
+                return
+
+        n_blocks, rest = divmod(len(data), BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)
+        if rest != 0:
+            raise IOError("Read less bytes than expected, file seems to be truncated")
 
-        n_blocks = len(data) // BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES
         for block in range(n_blocks):
             start = block * BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES
             stop = start + BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES
             block = data[start:stop]
-            if len(block) < BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES:
-                raise IOError("Read less bytes than expected, file seems to be truncated")
             yield block
 
         # read trailing record marker
diff --git a/tests/test_file.py b/tests/test_file.py
index a998ffb..c695b14 100644
--- a/tests/test_file.py
+++ b/tests/test_file.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import pytest
 import numpy as np
 
+from corsikaio.constants import BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES
+from corsikaio.io import RECORD_MARKER
+
 
 def test_version():
     from corsikaio import CorsikaFile
@@ -88,7 +91,16 @@ def test_particle_no_parse():
 
 
 
-def test_truncated(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "size",
+    (
+        RECORD_MARKER.size + 22932,
+        RECORD_MARKER.size + 2 * 22932,
+        RECORD_MARKER.size + 3 * 22932,
+        2000,
+    )
+)
+def test_truncated(tmp_path, size):
     '''Test we raise a meaningful error for a truncated file
 
     Truncated files might happen if corsika crashes or the disk is full.
@@ -100,7 +112,7 @@ def test_truncated(tmp_path):
 
     with open("tests/resources/corsika757_particle", "rb") as f:
         with path.open("wb") as out:
-            out.write(f.read(273 * 10))
+            out.write(f.read(size))
 
     with pytest.raises(IOError, match="seems to be truncated"):
         with CorsikaParticleFile(path) as f:
diff --git a/tests/test_io.py b/tests/test_io.py
index 54a68df..676de3c 100644
--- a/tests/test_io.py
+++ b/tests/test_io.py
@@ -125,8 +125,20 @@ def test_iter_blocks_simple_file(dummy_file):
         assert block[:4] == b'RUNE'
         assert (np.frombuffer(block[4:], np.float32) == data[1:]).all()
 
+        with pytest.raises(StopIteration):
+            next(block_it)
 
 
+def test_iter_blocks_all(dummy_file):
+    """Test for iterblocks for the case of no record markers"""
+
+    with dummy_file.open('rb') as f:
+        n_blocks_read = 0
+        for _ in iter_blocks(f):
+            n_blocks_read += 1
+
+    assert n_blocks_read == 27
+
 def test_versions():
     from corsikaio.io import read_buffer_size, read_block
     from corsikaio.subblocks import get_version
@@ -142,3 +154,17 @@ def test_versions():
 
             block = read_block(f, buffer_size)
             assert get_version(block, EVTH_VERSION_POSITION) == version
+
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", (100, 1000, 5000))
+def test_iter_blocks_truncated(size, tmp_path, dummy_file):
+    path = tmp_path / f"test_truncated_{size}.dat"
+
+    with path.open("wb") as out, dummy_file.open("rb") as infile:
+        out.write(infile.read(size))
+
+    with pytest.raises(IOError, match="file seems to be truncated"):
+        with path.open("rb") as f:
+            for _ in iter_blocks(f):
+                pass