diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index ea85285..f2a0eb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
         with:
           php-version: 8.3
-          extensions: dom, curl, libxml, mbstring, zip, pdo, sqlite, pdo_sqlite, bcmath, soap, intl, gd, exif, iconv, imagick, fileinfo
-          coverage: none
+          extensions: dom, curl, libxml, mbstring, zip, pdo, sqlite, pdo_sqlite, bcmath, soap, intl, gd, exif, iconv, imagick, fileinfo, xdebug
+          coverage: xdebug
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: composer install --no-interaction
 
       - name: Test
-        run: composer run test
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: composer run test
+      - name: TestCoverage
+        run: composer run coverage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tests/JsonlTest.php b/Tests/JsonlTest.php
index bbf6706..2e7c350 100644
--- a/Tests/JsonlTest.php
+++ b/Tests/JsonlTest.php
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
 use Indykoning\Jsonl\Jsonl;
-use InvalidArgumentException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 class JsonlTest extends TestCase
@@ -14,6 +13,14 @@ public function testJsonlEncode()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, iterator_to_array(Jsonl::encode($data)));
     }
 
+    public function testJsonlEncodeSkipsEmptyLines()
+    {
+        $data = [[], ['key' => 'value'], null, ['key2' => 'value2']];
+        $expected = ['{"key":"value"}' . "\n", '{"key2":"value2"}' . "\n"];
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, iterator_to_array(Jsonl::encode($data)));
+    }
+
     public function testJsonlDecode()
     {
         $jsonlString = '{"key":"value"}' . "\n" . '{"key2":"value2"}' . "\n";
@@ -21,6 +28,13 @@ public function testJsonlDecode()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, iterator_to_array(Jsonl::decode($jsonlString, true)));
     }
 
+    public function testJsonlDecodeSkipsEmptyLines()
+    {
+        $jsonlString = '{"key":"value"}' . "\n" . '{"key2":"value2"}' . "\n\n \n";
+        $expected = [['key' => 'value'], ['key2' => 'value2']];
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, iterator_to_array(Jsonl::decode($jsonlString, true)));
+    }
+
     public function testJsonlEncodeToFile()
     {
         $data = [['key' => 'value'], ['key2' => 'value2']];
@@ -42,6 +56,18 @@ public function testJsonlEncodeIncorrectResource()
         Jsonl::encodeToResource('', $data);
     }
 
+    public function testJsonlEncodeToReadOnlyResourceThrowsException()
+    {
+        $file = fopen(__DIR__ . '/data/test_decode.jsonl', 'r');
+
+        try {
+            $this->expectException(\RuntimeException::class);
+            Jsonl::encodeToResource($file, [['key' => 'value']]);
+        } finally {
+            fclose($file);
+        }
+    }
+
     public function testJsonlDecodeFromFile()
     {
         $expected = [['key' => 'value'], ['key2' => 'value2']];
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0cf84f9..0aa15ad 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "scripts": {
         "analyse": "phpstan --memory-limit=256M",
         "test": "phpunit",
+        "coverage": "XDEBUG_MODE=coverage phpunit --coverage-text --only-summary-for-coverage-text | grep -c \"100.00%\" | grep -q \"^3$\" && exit 0 || exit 1",
         "phpcs": "vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=PSR12 --colors --exclude=Generic.Files.LineLength --extensions=php,phtml src",
         "phpcbf": "vendor/bin/phpcbf --standard=PSR12 --colors --exclude=Generic.Files.LineLength --extensions=php src || exit 0",
         "codestyle": [
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 9795e2a..7bea184 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<phpunit>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://schema.phpunit.de/11.4/phpunit.xsd" bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php" colors="true">
     <php>
         <ini name="error_reporting" value="-1"/>
     </php>
@@ -7,4 +8,10 @@
             <directory>./Tests</directory>
         </testsuite>
     </testsuites>
+    <coverage/>
+    <source>
+        <include>
+            <directory suffix=".php">./src</directory>
+        </include>
+    </source>
 </phpunit>
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diff --git a/src/Jsonl.php b/src/Jsonl.php
index 99aa187..558c3f2 100644
--- a/src/Jsonl.php
+++ b/src/Jsonl.php
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ class Jsonl
     public static function decode(
         Traversable|array|string $jsonl,
         ?bool $associative = null,
-        int $depth = 512
+        int $depth = 512,
+        int $flags = JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR
     ): Generator {
         if (is_string($jsonl)) {
             $jsonl = explode("\n", $jsonl);
@@ -43,11 +44,16 @@ public static function decode(
                 continue;
             }
 
+            $line = trim($line);
+            if ($line === '') {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             yield json_decode(
-                trim($line),
+                $line,
                 $associative,
                 $depth,
-                JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR
+                $flags
             );
         }
     }
@@ -65,14 +71,15 @@ public static function decode(
     public static function decodeFromResource(
         $resource,
         ?bool $associative = null,
-        int $depth = 512
+        int $depth = 512,
+        int $flags = JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR
     ): Generator {
         if (!is_resource($resource)) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException('decodeFromResource expects a resource "' . gettype($resource) . '" was passed');
         }
 
         while (($line = fgets($resource)) !== false) {
-            foreach (static::decode($line, $associative, $depth) as $item) {
+            foreach (static::decode($line, $associative, $depth, $flags) as $item) {
                 yield $item;
             }
         }