diff --git a/admin/sync/exercice_defines.go b/admin/sync/exercice_defines.go
index 23b119a1..7f208802 100644
--- a/admin/sync/exercice_defines.go
+++ b/admin/sync/exercice_defines.go
@@ -173,9 +173,7 @@ func getExerciceParams(i Importer, exercice *fic.Exercice) (params ExerciceParam
 	if params, _, err = parseExerciceParams(i, exercice.Path); err != nil {
 		errs = multierr.Append(errs, NewChallengeTxtError(exercice, 0, err))
 	} else if len(params.Flags) == 0 && len(params.FlagsUCQ) == 0 && len(params.FlagsMCQ) == 0 {
-		if !params.WIP {
-			errs = multierr.Append(errs, NewChallengeTxtError(exercice, 0, fmt.Errorf("has no flag")))
-		}
+		errs = multierr.Append(errs, NewChallengeTxtError(exercice, 0, fmt.Errorf("has no flag")))
 	} else {
 		// Treat legacy UCQ flags as ExerciceFlag
 		for _, flag := range params.FlagsUCQ {
diff --git a/admin/sync/exercice_files.go b/admin/sync/exercice_files.go
index fe37eba1..8f9d4806 100644
--- a/admin/sync/exercice_files.go
+++ b/admin/sync/exercice_files.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func BuildFilesListInto(i Importer, exercice *fic.Exercice, into string) (files
 	// Parse DIGESTS.txt
 	if digs, err := GetFileContent(i, path.Join(exercice.Path, into, "DIGESTS.txt")); err != nil {
 		errs = multierr.Append(errs, NewExerciceError(exercice, fmt.Errorf("unable to read %s: %w", path.Join(into, "DIGESTS.txt"), err)))
-	} else if len(digs) > 0 {
+	} else {
 		digests = map[string][]byte{}
 		for nline, d := range strings.Split(digs, "\n") {
 			if dsplt := strings.SplitN(d, " ", 2); len(dsplt) < 2 {
diff --git a/admin/sync/file.go b/admin/sync/file.go
index 59b1ec6e..4f720e91 100644
--- a/admin/sync/file.go
+++ b/admin/sync/file.go
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ func GetFileContent(i Importer, URI string) (string, error) {
 			buf = append(buf, b)
 		}
 
+		if len(buf) == 0 {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("File is empty")
+		}
+
 		return strings.TrimSpace(string(buf)), nil
 	}
 }