diff --git a/src/data_structure.rs b/src/data_structure.rs
index 51e2ea4..e45a5a4 100644
--- a/src/data_structure.rs
+++ b/src/data_structure.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub struct GridIter<'a, ValueTy> {
     node_3: Option<&'a Node3<ValueTy>>,
 }
 
-impl<'a, ValueTy> Iterator for GridIter<'a, ValueTy>
+impl<ValueTy> Iterator for GridIter<'_, ValueTy>
 where
     ValueTy: Copy,
 {
diff --git a/src/reader.rs b/src/reader.rs
index c57c449..1db6a59 100644
--- a/src/reader.rs
+++ b/src/reader.rs
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> VdbReader<R> {
         gd: &GridDescriptor,
         count: usize,
     ) -> Result<Vec<T>, ParseError> {
+        if count == 0 {
+            return Ok(Vec::new());
+        }
         Ok(if gd.compression.contains(Compression::BLOSC) {
             let num_compressed_bytes = reader.read_i64::<LittleEndian>()?;
             let compressed_count = num_compressed_bytes / std::mem::size_of::<T>() as i64;
@@ -276,7 +279,7 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> VdbReader<R> {
                         "Skipping blosc decompression because of a {}-count read",
                         count
                     );
-                    vec![T::zeroed(); 0]
+                    Vec::new()
                 }
             }
         } else if gd.compression.contains(Compression::ZIP) {