diff --git a/biblemulticonverter/src/main/java/biblemulticonverter/format/paratext/USFM.java b/biblemulticonverter/src/main/java/biblemulticonverter/format/paratext/USFM.java
index e2b6d20..2c48955 100644
--- a/biblemulticonverter/src/main/java/biblemulticonverter/format/paratext/USFM.java
+++ b/biblemulticonverter/src/main/java/biblemulticonverter/format/paratext/USFM.java
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ private ParatextBook doImportBook(File inputFile, Charset charset) throws Except
 				if (textPart.startsWith("|")) {
 					String attList = textPart.substring(1).trim();
 					parseAttributeList(attList, milestone.getAttributes());
-				} else {
+				} else if (!textPart.isEmpty()){
 					System.out.println("WARNING: Skipping unsupported milestone content: "+textPart);
 				}
 				pos = data.indexOf('\\', startPos + 2);