diff --git a/packages/openstep.parse/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/openstep.parse/__tests__/index.test.ts
index 6e37bb1..56a7ae1 100644
--- a/packages/openstep.parse/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/openstep.parse/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ describe('openstep:parse', () => {
   });
 
   describe('array', () => {
+    it('parses empty arrays', () => {
+      expect(parse('()')).toStrictEqual([]);
+      expect(
+        parse(`
+{
+  classes = (
+  );
+}`)
+      ).toStrictEqual({ classes: [] });
+    });
+
     it('parses string arrays', () => {
       expect(parse('("a", "b", "c")')).toStrictEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
       expect(parse('(a, b, c)')).toStrictEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
@@ -62,6 +73,13 @@ describe('openstep:parse', () => {
   describe('dict', () => {
     it('parses empty dicts', () => {
       expect(parse('{}')).toStrictEqual({});
+      expect(
+        parse(`
+{
+  classes = {
+  };
+}`)
+      ).toStrictEqual({ classes: {} });
     });
 
     it('parses dicts', () => {
diff --git a/packages/openstep.parse/src/index.ts b/packages/openstep.parse/src/index.ts
index 7f1b2a9..c7914f8 100644
--- a/packages/openstep.parse/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/openstep.parse/src/index.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ const consumeValue = (input: string): [Value, string] => {
     case '{':
       result = {};
 
+      [, input] = consumeWhitespaceAndComments(input);
+      if (input.charAt(0) === '}') {
+        [, input] = consumeToken(input, '}');
+        break;
+      }
+
       while (input.charAt(0) !== '}') {
         let key: Value, value: Value;
         [key, input] = consumeValue(input);
@@ -113,6 +119,12 @@ const consumeValue = (input: string): [Value, string] => {
     case '(':
       result = [];
 
+      [, input] = consumeWhitespaceAndComments(input);
+      if (input.charAt(0) === ')') {
+        [, input] = consumeToken(input, ')');
+        break;
+      }
+
       while (input.charAt(0) !== ')') {
         let value: Value, token: string | null;
         [value, input] = consumeValue(input);
@@ -131,9 +143,14 @@ const consumeValue = (input: string): [Value, string] => {
       [, input] = consumeToken(input, ')');
       break;
     case '<':
-      let array = new Uint8Array();
       let hexString = '';
 
+      [, input] = consumeWhitespaceAndComments(input);
+      if (input.charAt(0) === '>') {
+        [, input] = consumeToken(input, '>');
+        break;
+      }
+
       while (input.charAt(0) !== '>') {
         const digit = input.charAt(0);
         input = input.substr(1);