diff --git a/sam/onyx/generate_matrices.py b/sam/onyx/generate_matrices.py
index 9cd07b79..4469a204 100644
--- a/sam/onyx/generate_matrices.py
+++ b/sam/onyx/generate_matrices.py
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ def convert_aha_glb_output_file(glbfile, output_dir, tiles):
             sp_line = line.strip().split(" ")
             for sp_line_tok in sp_line:
                 sp_line_tok_stripped = sp_line_tok.strip()
+                if(sp_line_tok_stripped == ""):
+                    continue
                 straightline.append(int(sp_line_tok_stripped, base=16))
 
     # Now we have straightline having the items in order