diff --git a/src/DOFileCache.php b/src/DOFileCache.php
index abab70d..77d0914 100644
--- a/src/DOFileCache.php
+++ b/src/DOFileCache.php
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ public function get($key)
             }
         }
 
+        // Bail immediately if the file could not be read, or its data could not be uncompressed
+        if (!$cacheFileData) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         $cacheObj = json_decode($cacheFileData);
 
         // Unable to decode JSON