diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 504b54a..f93467f 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -2460,7 +2460,9 @@ download_file()
 	}
 	get_file($ARGV[0],$ARGV[1],$ARGV[2]);' "$1" "$2" "$3" )
 	retvalue=$?
-	echo "$data"
+	if [[ "$data" != '' ]];then
+		echo "$data"
+	fi
 	return $retvalue
 }
 #download_file 'stdout' 'https://smxi.org/ip' '';echo $?; exit