diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e91b35262..e15e900cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ Fortunately if you regret your gitfiti in the morning, removing it is fairly eas
 
 ---
 ####Todo:
-- ~~Remove 'requests' dependency~~
+- ~~Remove 'requests' dependency~~ [_thanks empathetic-alligator_](https://github.com/empathetic-alligator)
 - Web interface
-- ~~Load "art" from a file~~
+- ~~Load "art" from a file~~ [_thanks empathetic-alligator_](https://github.com/empathetic-alligator)
 - Load commit content from a file
 - ...
 - Profit?
diff --git a/gitfiti.py b/gitfiti.py
index 8e5e69d65..8ea7c841f 100755
--- a/gitfiti.py
+++ b/gitfiti.py
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ images={
 
 def load_images(imgNames):
 	"""loads user images from given file(s)"""
+	if imgNames[0]=='':
+		return dict()
 	for imageName in imgNames:
 		img = open(imageName)
 		loadedImgs = {}