diff --git a/Decoder/extractVideo.sh b/Decoder/extractVideo.sh
index 0417781..b5b1a9b 100755
--- a/Decoder/extractVideo.sh
+++ b/Decoder/extractVideo.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,9 @@ chunkNum=${dta/|*/}
 chunkData=${dta/*|/}
 echo from ${f} received: ${chunkNum} 
 echo $chunkData | base64 -d > chunks/${chunkNum}.chunk
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
+	echo at ${f} - file decode failed, deleting chunk
+	rm chunks/${chunkNum}.chunk
+fi
 done