diff --git a/dbfilestorage/storage.py b/dbfilestorage/storage.py
index 94ff433..e8f2bab 100644
--- a/dbfilestorage/storage.py
+++ b/dbfilestorage/storage.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class DBFileStorage(Storage):
         """
         if hasattr(content.file, "read"):
             read_data = content.file.read()
+            if not read_data:
+                # If it's empty, try to seek once.
+                content.file.seek(0)
+                read_data = content.file.read()
         else:
             read_data = content.file.encode('utf8')
         b64 = read_data.encode('base64')
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 947bd1a..4023b5b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ author = u'Tyrel Souza'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'0.9.1'
+version = u'0.9.2'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index decd5cc..8e6f986 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class CleanCommand(Command):
 
 setup(
     name="django-dbfilestorage",
-    version="0.9.1",
+    version="0.9.2",
     description="Database backed file storage for testing.",
     long_description="Database backed file storage for testing. Stores files as base64 encoded textfields.",
     author="Tyrel Souza",