diff --git a/SBIN/SHELL.S.txt b/SBIN/SHELL.S.txt
index 09a03fbd..8d235b83 100644
--- a/SBIN/SHELL.S.txt
+++ b/SBIN/SHELL.S.txt
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@ ReadTxtFile		>PUSHWI 127
 				>SYSCALL SYS.MLIRead
 				bcs .9
 
+				tya
+				beq .10
+				
 				lda TmpBuffer256,y		Y,A=Bytes read
 				cmp #$0D
 				bne .10
@@ -422,13 +425,14 @@ ReadTxtFile		>PUSHWI 127
 				
 .10				tya
 				sta (pData)
+				beq .2
 
 .1				lda TmpBuffer256,y
 				sta (pData),y
 				dey
 				bne .1
 				
-				lda #'>'
+.2				lda #'>'
 				>SYSCALL SYS.COutA
 				lda #'"'
 				>SYSCALL SYS.COutA