diff --git a/DownloadToGo.podspec b/DownloadToGo.podspec
index 54d15d8..8398c27 100644
--- a/DownloadToGo.podspec
+++ b/DownloadToGo.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   
   s.name             = 'DownloadToGo'
-  s.version          = '3.0.0.rc4'
+  s.version          = '3.0.0'
   s.summary          = 'DownloadToGo -- download manager for HLS'
   s.homepage         = 'https://github.com/kaltura/DownloadToGo'
   s.license          = { :type => 'AGPLv3', :file => 'LICENSE' }
diff --git a/Example/DownloadToGo/ViewController.swift b/Example/DownloadToGo/ViewController.swift
index a5aafa5..6f16906 100644
--- a/Example/DownloadToGo/ViewController.swift
+++ b/Example/DownloadToGo/ViewController.swift
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController {
         Item(id: "Kaltura 1", url: "http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/243342/sp/24334200/playManifest/entryId/1_sf5ovm7u/flavorIds/1_d2uwy7vv,1_jl7y56al/format/applehttp/protocol/http/a.m3u8"),
         Item(id: "Kaltura multi captions", url: "https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/811441/sp/81144100/playManifest/entryId/1_mhyj12pj/format/applehttp/protocol/https/a.m3u8"),
         Item(id: "Trailer", url: "http://cdnbakmi.kaltura.com/p/1758922/sp/175892200/playManifest/entryId/0_ksthpwh8/format/applehttp/tags/ipad/protocol/http/f/a.m3u8"),
-        Item(id: "Elephants", url: "https://playertest.longtailvideo.com/adaptive/eleph-audio/playlist.m3u8")
+        Item(id: "Empty", url: "https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/2215841/playManifest/entryId/1_58e88ugs/format/applehttp/protocol/https/a.m3u8"),
     ]
     
     let itemPickerView: UIPickerView = {
diff --git a/Sources/ContentManager/HLSLocalizer.swift b/Sources/ContentManager/HLSLocalizer.swift
index d2ad05e..ff783b7 100644
--- a/Sources/ContentManager/HLSLocalizer.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContentManager/HLSLocalizer.swift
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ struct MockVideoTrack: DTGVideoTrack {
 enum HLSLocalizerError: Error {
     /// sent when an unknown playlist type was encountered
     case unknownPlaylistType
+    
+    case malformedPlaylist
 
     case invalidState
 }
@@ -32,12 +34,22 @@ enum HLSLocalizerError: Error {
 
 func loadMasterPlaylist(url: URL) throws -> M3U8MasterPlaylist {
     let text = try String.init(contentsOf: url)
-    return M3U8MasterPlaylist(content: text, baseURL: url.deletingLastPathComponent())
+    
+    if let playlist = M3U8MasterPlaylist(content: text, baseURL: url.deletingLastPathComponent()) {
+        return playlist
+    } else {
+        throw HLSLocalizerError.malformedPlaylist
+    }
 }
 
 func loadMediaPlaylist(url: URL, type: M3U8MediaPlaylistType) throws -> M3U8MediaPlaylist {
     let text = try String.init(contentsOf: url)
-    return M3U8MediaPlaylist(content: text, type: type, baseURL: url.deletingLastPathComponent())
+
+    if let playlist = M3U8MediaPlaylist(content: text, type: type, baseURL: url.deletingLastPathComponent()) {
+        return playlist
+    } else {
+        throw HLSLocalizerError.malformedPlaylist
+    }
 }
 
 class Stream<T> {
@@ -302,18 +314,23 @@ class HLSLocalizer {
         
         for i in 0 ..< streams.countInt {
             
-            let stream = try MediaStream(streamInfo: streams[i], mediaUrl: streams[i].m3u8URL(), type: type)
-            try addAllSegments(segmentList: stream.mediaPlaylist.segmentList, type: type)
-            
-            switch type {
-            case M3U8MediaPlaylistTypeAudio:
-                let bitrate = streams[i].bandwidth()
-                aggregateTrackSize(bitrate: bitrate > 0 ? bitrate : defaultAudioBitrate)
-                selectedAudioStreams.append(stream)
-            case M3U8MediaPlaylistTypeSubtitle:
-                selectedTextStreams.append(stream)
-            default:
-                throw HLSLocalizerError.unknownPlaylistType
+            let url: URL! = streams[i].m3u8URL()
+            do {
+                let stream = try MediaStream(streamInfo: streams[i], mediaUrl: url, type: type)
+                try addAllSegments(segmentList: stream.mediaPlaylist.segmentList, type: type)
+                
+                switch type {
+                case M3U8MediaPlaylistTypeAudio:
+                    let bitrate = streams[i].bandwidth()
+                    aggregateTrackSize(bitrate: bitrate > 0 ? bitrate : defaultAudioBitrate)
+                    selectedAudioStreams.append(stream)
+                case M3U8MediaPlaylistTypeSubtitle:
+                    selectedTextStreams.append(stream)
+                default:
+                    throw HLSLocalizerError.unknownPlaylistType
+                }
+            } catch {
+                log.warning("Skipping malformed playlist")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/Sources/Downloader/DefaultDownloader.swift b/Sources/Downloader/DefaultDownloader.swift
index 71684a5..f6f2d39 100644
--- a/Sources/Downloader/DefaultDownloader.swift
+++ b/Sources/Downloader/DefaultDownloader.swift
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class DefaultDownloader: NSObject, Downloader {
         self.downloadItemTasksQueue.enqueue(tasks)
         self.setBackgroundURLSession()
     }
+    
+    deinit {
+        self.invokeBackgroundSessionCompletionHandler()
+    }
 }
 
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