diff --git a/src/lib/adapters/Git.ts b/src/lib/adapters/Git.ts
index 971fed6d2d..02c406d947 100644
--- a/src/lib/adapters/Git.ts
+++ b/src/lib/adapters/Git.ts
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export default class GitAdapter extends CachingAdapter {
       return false
     }
 
-    if (!fileContents.includes('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>') && !fileContents.includes('<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>')) {
+    if (!fileContents || (fileContents.includes('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>') && !fileContents.includes('<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>'))) {
       throw new FileUnreadableError()
     }
 
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ export default class GitAdapter extends CachingAdapter {
     const hash = await Crypto.sha256(JSON.stringify(this.server)) + Date.now()
     this.dir = '/' + hash + '/'
 
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const fs = new FS('floccus', {wipe: true})
+
     Logger.log('(git) init')
     await git.init({ fs, dir: this.dir, defaultBranch: this.server.branch })
     await git.addRemote({