diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1ce0453..6d84d03 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ func main() {
 			return
 		}
 
+		defer func() { lastBody = currBody }()
+
 		lastRead = time.Now().Unix()
 		jsonBytes, marshalErr := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"last_read": lastRead, "last_body": string(currBody)})
 		if marshalErr != nil {
@@ -144,6 +146,10 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if len(lastBody) == 0 {
+			return
+		}
+
 		lastLeaderboard, lastLeaderboardErr := buildLeaderboard(lastBody)
 		if lastLeaderboardErr != nil {
 			log.Println("Error building leaderboard from cached body:", lastLeaderboardErr)
@@ -305,7 +311,7 @@ func buildLeaderboard(body []byte) (leaderboardData, error) {
 	var leaderboard leaderboardData
 	marshalErr := json.Unmarshal(body, &leaderboard)
 	if marshalErr != nil {
-		return leaderboard, fmt.Errorf("error unmarshaling string into leaderboardData: %w", marshalErr)
+		return leaderboard, fmt.Errorf("error unmarshaling string `%s` into leaderboardData: %w", string(body), marshalErr)
 	}
 
 	jsonObj, parseErr := fastjson.ParseBytes(body)