diff --git a/Sources/CSwiftV.swift b/Sources/CSwiftV.swift
index 50f8326..70f9283 100644
--- a/Sources/CSwiftV.swift
+++ b/Sources/CSwiftV.swift
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ public class CSwiftV {
     /// - Parameter headers: The array of headers from the file. If not included, it will be populated with the ones from the first line
     
     public init(with string: String, separator: String = ",", headers: [String]? = nil) {
-        var parsedLines = CSwiftV.records(from: string.replacingOccurrences(of: "\r\n", with: "\n")).map { CSwiftV.cells(forRow: $0, separator: separator) }
-        self.headers = headers ?? parsedLines.removeFirst()
+        var parsedLines = CSwiftV.records(from: string.replacingOccurrences(of: "\r\n", with: "\n")).map({ CSwiftV.cells(forRow: $0, separator: separator) })
+        self.headers = parsedLines.count == 0 ? [] : (headers ?? parsedLines.removeFirst())
         rows = parsedLines
         columnCount = self.headers.count
 
@@ -105,3 +105,4 @@ public class CSwiftV {
     }
 
 }
+