diff --git a/python/obitools3/parsers/genbank.pyx b/python/obitools3/parsers/genbank.pyx
index 2828b49..2ede28b 100755
--- a/python/obitools3/parsers/genbank.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/parsers/genbank.pyx
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ from libc.stdlib  cimport free, malloc, realloc
 from libc.string cimport strcpy, strlen
 
 
-_featureMatcher = re.compile(b'^FEATURES.+\n(?=ORIGIN )',re.DOTALL + re.M)
+_featureMatcher = re.compile(b'^FEATURES.+\n(?=ORIGIN(\s*))',re.DOTALL + re.M)
 
 _headerMatcher = re.compile(b'^LOCUS.+(?=\nFEATURES)', re.DOTALL + re.M)
-_seqMatcher    = re.compile(b'^ORIGIN .+(?=//\n)', re.DOTALL + re.M)
-_cleanSeq1     = re.compile(b'ORIGIN.+\n')
+_seqMatcher    = re.compile(b'^ORIGIN.+(?=//\n)', re.DOTALL + re.M)
+_cleanSeq1     = re.compile(b'ORIGIN(\s*)\n')
 _cleanSeq2     = re.compile(b'[ \n0-9]+')
 _acMatcher     = re.compile(b'(?<=^ACCESSION   ).+',re.M)
 _deMatcher     = re.compile(b'(?<=^DEFINITION  ).+\n( .+\n)*',re.M)
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ def genbankIterator_file(lineiterator,
         yield seq
         read+=1
     
-    # Last sequence
-    seq = genbankParser(entry)
-    
-    yield seq
+    # Last sequence if not empty lines
+    if entry.strip():
+        seq = genbankParser(entry)
+        yield seq
     
     free(entry)