diff --git a/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/common/SystemFileRead.kt b/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/common/SystemFileRead.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78f0294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/common/SystemFileRead.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.github.nullptroma.wallenc.domain.vault.storages.common
+
+import com.github.nullptroma.wallenc.domain.errors.WallencException
+import java.io.InputStream
+
+/** Читает системный файл; отсутствие файла — пустой массив байт (не исключение). */
+internal suspend fun readSystemFileBytesOrEmpty(open: suspend () -> InputStream): ByteArray =
+    try {
+        open().use { it.readBytes() }
+    } catch (_: WallencException.Storage.FileNotFound) {
+        ByteArray(0)
+    }
diff --git a/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/local/LocalStorageAccessor.kt b/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/local/LocalStorageAccessor.kt
index 37cc14a..b10e1c0 100644
--- a/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/local/LocalStorageAccessor.kt
+++ b/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/local/LocalStorageAccessor.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.github.nullptroma.wallenc.domain.vault.storages.local
 
 import com.github.nullptroma.wallenc.domain.errors.WallencException
+import com.github.nullptroma.wallenc.domain.vault.storages.common.readSystemFileBytesOrEmpty
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JacksonException
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.jacksonObjectMapper
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ class LocalStorageAccessor(
     }
 
     override suspend fun readSyncJournal(): List<StorageSyncJournalEntry> = withContext(ioDispatcher) {
-        val bytes = openReadSystemFile(SYNC_JOURNAL_FILENAME).use { it.readBytes() }
+        val bytes = readSystemFileBytesOrEmpty { openReadSystemFile(SYNC_JOURNAL_FILENAME) }
         if (bytes.isEmpty()) {
             return@withContext emptyList()
         }
@@ -602,7 +603,7 @@ class LocalStorageAccessor(
     }
 
     override suspend fun readSyncLock(): StorageSyncLock? = withContext(ioDispatcher) {
-        val bytes = openReadSystemFile(SYNC_LOCK_FILENAME).use { it.readBytes() }
+        val bytes = readSystemFileBytesOrEmpty { openReadSystemFile(SYNC_LOCK_FILENAME) }
         if (bytes.isEmpty()) {
             return@withContext null
         }
diff --git a/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/yandex/YandexStorageAccessor.kt b/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/yandex/YandexStorageAccessor.kt
index 4e21b7f..5e6d710 100644
--- a/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/yandex/YandexStorageAccessor.kt
+++ b/domain-vault/src/main/java/com/github/nullptroma/wallenc/domain/vault/storages/yandex/YandexStorageAccessor.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.github.nullptroma.wallenc.domain.vault.storages.yandex
 
 import com.github.nullptroma.wallenc.domain.errors.WallencException
 import com.github.nullptroma.wallenc.domain.vault.errors.toVaultWallencException
+import com.github.nullptroma.wallenc.domain.vault.storages.common.readSystemFileBytesOrEmpty
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.jacksonObjectMapper
 import com.github.nullptroma.wallenc.domain.vault.network.yandexdisk.YandexDiskAuthException
@@ -597,7 +598,7 @@ class YandexStorageAccessor(
     }
 
     override suspend fun readSyncJournal(): List<StorageSyncJournalEntry> = withContext(ioDispatcher) {
-        val bytes = openReadSystemFile(SYNC_JOURNAL_FILENAME).use { it.readBytes() }
+        val bytes = readSystemFileBytesOrEmpty { openReadSystemFile(SYNC_JOURNAL_FILENAME) }
         if (bytes.isEmpty()) {
             return@withContext emptyList()
         }
@@ -631,7 +632,7 @@ class YandexStorageAccessor(
     }
 
     override suspend fun readSyncLock(): StorageSyncLock? = withContext(ioDispatcher) {
-        val bytes = openReadSystemFile(SYNC_LOCK_FILENAME).use { it.readBytes() }
+        val bytes = readSystemFileBytesOrEmpty { openReadSystemFile(SYNC_LOCK_FILENAME) }
         if (bytes.isEmpty()) {
             return@withContext null
         }