diff --git a/filemin/edit_file.cgi b/filemin/edit_file.cgi
index 59ab4e7d9..5e95872ae 100755
--- a/filemin/edit_file.cgi
+++ b/filemin/edit_file.cgi
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if ((lc(get_charset()) eq "utf-8" && ($encoding_name && lc($encoding_name) ne "u
     }
     eval {$data = Encode::encode('utf-8', Encode::decode($encoding_name, $data))};
 }
-my $file_binary = -B $file;
+my $file_binary = -s $file >= 128 && -B $file;
 &ui_print_header(undef, $text{'edit_file'}, "");
 $head = "<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='unauthenticated/css/style.css' />";
 
diff --git a/ui-lib.pl b/ui-lib.pl
index 395b1f851..89ac29b9b 100755
--- a/ui-lib.pl
+++ b/ui-lib.pl
@@ -2763,7 +2763,7 @@ if (defined(&theme_ui_read_file_contents_limit)) {
 	return &theme_ui_read_file_contents_limit(@_);
 	}
 my ($opts)  = @_;
-my $binary  = -B $opts->{'file'};
+my $binary  = -s $opts->{'file'} >= 128 && -B $opts->{'file'};
 my $data = &read_file_contents_limit($opts->{'file'}, $opts->{'limit'}, $opts);
 my $error = $data->{'error'};
 if ($error) {