diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.validation/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.validation/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 83e1267..2000ea7 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.validation/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.validation/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %Bundle-Name.0
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.wst.validation; singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 1.2.401.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 1.2.402.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.wst.validation.internal.plugin.ValidationPlugin
 Bundle-Vendor: %Bundle-Vendor.0
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.validation/vf2/org/eclipse/wst/validation/internal/DependencyIndex.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.validation/vf2/org/eclipse/wst/validation/internal/DependencyIndex.java
index 074593b..affbb55 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.validation/vf2/org/eclipse/wst/validation/internal/DependencyIndex.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.validation/vf2/org/eclipse/wst/validation/internal/DependencyIndex.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007, 2012 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 		
 		boolean error = false;
 		File f = getIndexLocation();
-		if (!f.exists()){
+		if (!f.exists() || f.length() == 0){
 			_dependsOn = new HashMap<IResource,Set<Depends>>(100);
 			_dependents = new HashMap<IResource,Set<Depends>>(100);
 		}