diff --git a/Ota.cpp b/Ota.cpp
index 7948266..dd1fd33 100644
--- a/Ota.cpp
+++ b/Ota.cpp
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@
 
 void Ota::updateFirmware(uint8_t* buf, size_t size)
 {
-    if (!_updateFlag)
+    if(!_updateStarted && size == 0)
+    {
+        Serial.println("OTA upload cancelled, size is 0.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!_updateStarted)
     { //If it's the first packet of OTA since bootup, begin OTA
         Serial.println("BeginOTA");
         esp_ota_begin(esp_ota_get_next_update_partition(NULL), OTA_SIZE_UNKNOWN, &otaHandler);
-        _updateFlag = true;
+        _updateStarted = true;
     }
     esp_ota_write(otaHandler, buf, size);
     if (size != FULL_PACKET)
diff --git a/Ota.h b/Ota.h
index 967c1d5..eca4bff 100644
--- a/Ota.h
+++ b/Ota.h
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ public:
     void updateFirmware(uint8_t* buf, size_t size);
 
 private:
-    bool _updateFlag = false;
+    bool _updateStarted = false;
     esp_ota_handle_t otaHandler = 0;
 };