diff --git a/lib/demeteorizer.js b/lib/demeteorizer.js
index b90b69c..b008da5 100644
--- a/lib/demeteorizer.js
+++ b/lib/demeteorizer.js
@@ -217,14 +217,12 @@ Demeteorizer.prototype.bundle = function (context, callback) {
 
 Demeteorizer.prototype.findDependenciesInFolder = function (folder, inNodeModulesFolder, context) {
 
-  var files = fs.readdirSync(folder);
-  var self = this;
-
-  files.forEach(function (file) {
+  fs.readdirSync(folder).forEach(function (file) {
     var stats = fs.statSync(path.join(folder, file));
     if (stats.isDirectory()) {
       var inNodeMod = false;
       var keepGoing = true;
+
       if (file === 'node_modules') {
         inNodeMod = true;
         if (inNodeModulesFolder) {
@@ -232,33 +230,39 @@ Demeteorizer.prototype.findDependenciesInFolder = function (folder, inNodeModule
         }
       }
 
-      // sockjs comes with example folders, remove.
+      // Skip the examples directory.
       if (file === 'examples') {
         keepGoing = false;
       }
 
       if (keepGoing) {
-        self.findDependenciesInFolder(path.join(folder, file), inNodeMod, context);
+        this.findDependenciesInFolder(path.join(folder, file), inNodeMod, context);
       }
     }
     else {
       if (file === 'package.json') {
-        var packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(folder, file)));
-        var filtered = self.filterDep(packageJson.name, packageJson._resolved || packageJson.version);
-        if (filtered) {
-          context.dependencies[filtered.name] = filtered.version;
-        }
-        if (packageJson.dependencies) {
-          Object.keys(packageJson.dependencies).forEach(function (dep) {
-            var filtered = self.filterDep(dep, packageJson.dependencies[dep]);
-            if (filtered) {
-              context.dependencies[filtered.name] = filtered.version;
-            }
-          });
+        var packageData = fs.readFileSync(path.join(folder, file));
+
+        // Test that the package.json contains data. There is a module that
+        //    includes a package.json fixture that is empty.
+        if (packageData.length > 0) {
+          var packageJson = JSON.parse(packageData);
+          var filtered = this.filterDep(packageJson.name, packageJson._resolved || packageJson.version);
+          if (filtered) {
+            context.dependencies[filtered.name] = filtered.version;
+          }
+          if (packageJson.dependencies) {
+            Object.keys(packageJson.dependencies).forEach(function (dep) {
+              var filtered = this.filterDep(dep, packageJson.dependencies[dep]);
+              if (filtered) {
+                context.dependencies[filtered.name] = filtered.version;
+              }
+            }.bind(this));
+          }
         }
       }
     }
-  });
+  }.bind(this));
 
 };