diff --git a/src/org/czentral/incubator/streamm/HeaderDetectionState.java b/src/org/czentral/incubator/streamm/HeaderDetectionState.java
index a08faa1..567cfbe 100644
--- a/src/org/czentral/incubator/streamm/HeaderDetectionState.java
+++ b/src/org/czentral/incubator/streamm/HeaderDetectionState.java
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ public int process(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length) {
         EBMLElement elem;
         
         // EBML root element
-        elem = new EBMLElement(buffer, offset, length);
+        try {
+           elem = new EBMLElement(buffer, offset, length);
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            // on EBML reading errors, need more data to be loaded
+            return 0;
+        }
         
         // if not EBML
         if (elem.getId() != ID_EBML)