diff --git a/joj3_config_generator/loader.py b/joj3_config_generator/loader.py
index 1678a31..26369dc 100644
--- a/joj3_config_generator/loader.py
+++ b/joj3_config_generator/loader.py
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ from joj3_config_generator.models.common import Memory, Time
 from joj3_config_generator.utils.logger import logger
 
 
+def is_toml_empty(toml_path: Path) -> bool:
+    if toml_path.stat().st_size == 0:
+        return True
+    try:
+        data = tomli.loads(toml_path.read_text())
+        return not data
+    except tomli.TOMLDecodeError:
+        return False
+
+
 def load_joj3_task_toml_answers() -> answer.Answers:
     name = inquirer.text("What's the task name?", default="hw0")
     language = inquirer.list_input(
diff --git a/joj3_config_generator/main.py b/joj3_config_generator/main.py
index a14c2ad..a75dfc5 100644
--- a/joj3_config_generator/main.py
+++ b/joj3_config_generator/main.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from joj3_config_generator.generator import (
     create_joj3_task_conf,
 )
 from joj3_config_generator.loader import (
+    is_toml_empty,
     load_joj1_yaml,
     load_joj3_task_toml_answers,
     load_joj3_toml,
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ def convert(
         for task_toml_path in repo_toml_path.parent.glob("**/*.toml"):
             if repo_toml_path == task_toml_path:
                 continue
-            if len(task_toml_path.read_bytes()) == 0:
+            if is_toml_empty(task_toml_path):
                 logger.info(f"Skipping empty task toml file {task_toml_path}")
                 continue
             toml_name = task_toml_path.name.removesuffix(".toml")