diff --git a/import/src/block.rs b/import/src/block.rs
index fb893881..fd14fada 100644
--- a/import/src/block.rs
+++ b/import/src/block.rs
@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ pub struct Block {
 
 impl Deserializable for Block {
 	fn deserialize<T>(reader: &mut Reader<T>) -> Result<Self, ReaderError> where T: io::Read {
-		let block = Block {
-			magic: try!(reader.read()),
-			block_size: try!(reader.read()),
-			block: try!(reader.read()),
-		};
+		// We never knew how to parse blocks index file => we were assuming that blocks are stored
+		// in the *.blk files next to each other, without any gaps.
+		// It seems that this isn't true && there are (sometimes) zero-filled (always???) gaps between
+		// adjacent blocks.
+		// The straightforward soultion is to skip zero bytes. This will work because magic is designed
+		// not to have zero bytes in it AND block is always prefixed with magic.
+		reader.skip_while(&|byte| byte == 0)?;
 
-		Ok(block)
+		Ok(Block {
+			magic: reader.read()?,
+			block_size: reader.read()?,
+			block: reader.read()?,
+		})
 	}
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/serialization/src/reader.rs b/serialization/src/reader.rs
index 55d62753..1c3d3089 100644
--- a/serialization/src/reader.rs
+++ b/serialization/src/reader.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,24 @@ impl<R> Reader<R> where R: io::Read {
 		T::deserialize(&mut reader)
 	}
 
+	pub fn skip_while(&mut self, predicate: &Fn(u8) -> bool) -> Result<(), Error> {
+		let mut next_buffer = [0u8];
+		loop {
+			let next = match self.peeked.take() {
+				Some(peeked) => peeked,
+				None => match self.buffer.read(&mut next_buffer)? {
+					0 => return Ok(()),
+					_ => next_buffer[0],
+				},
+			};
+
+			if !predicate(next) {
+				self.peeked = Some(next);
+				return Ok(());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	pub fn read_slice(&mut self, bytes: &mut [u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		io::Read::read_exact(self, bytes).map_err(|_| Error::UnexpectedEnd)
 	}