diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index de5cb3a..9d8e0db 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -3840,10 +3840,10 @@ impl Application for App {
                 // Check if clipboard has any paste-able content and cache it
                 return clipboard::read_data::<ClipboardPaste>().map(|contents_opt| {
                     match contents_opt {
-                        Some(contents) => cosmic::action::app(Message::ClipboardCached(
-                            ClipboardCache::Files(contents),
-                        )),
-                        None => cosmic::action::app(Message::CheckClipboardImage),
+                        Some(contents) if !contents.paths.is_empty() => cosmic::action::app(
+                            Message::ClipboardCached(ClipboardCache::Files(contents)),
+                        ),
+                        _ => cosmic::action::app(Message::CheckClipboardImage),
                     }
                 });
             }
diff --git a/src/clipboard.rs b/src/clipboard.rs
index 637303e..6b0be96 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/clipboard.rs
@@ -128,9 +128,14 @@ impl TryFrom<(Vec<u8>, String)> for ClipboardPaste {
         // Assume the kind is Copy if not provided by the mime type
         let mut kind = ClipboardKind::Copy;
         let mut paths = Vec::new();
+
         match mime.as_str() {
             "text/uri-list" => {
                 let text = str::from_utf8(&data)?;
+                let lines = text.lines();
+                if text.is_empty() || lines.count() == 0 {
+                    Err(format!("Empty file url"))?;
+                }
                 for line in text.lines() {
                     let url = Url::parse(line)?;
                     match url.to_file_path() {
@@ -141,6 +146,10 @@ impl TryFrom<(Vec<u8>, String)> for ClipboardPaste {
             }
             "x-special/gnome-copied-files" => {
                 let text = str::from_utf8(&data)?;
+                let lines = text.lines();
+                if text.is_empty() || lines.count() == 0 {
+                    Err(format!("Empty file url"))?;
+                }
                 for (i, line) in text.lines().enumerate() {
                     if i == 0 {
                         kind = match line {