diff --git a/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py b/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py
index c2d88d5fcc2f38ee21936958e60fd3f430526215..9828d7d9f1c7c319fb42fb2a3356c86bc5442b8d 100644
--- a/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py
+++ b/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py
@@ -705,7 +705,10 @@ class Dynesty(NestedSampler):
         if os.path.isfile(self.resume_file):
             logger.info(f"Reading resume file {self.resume_file}")
             with open(self.resume_file, "rb") as file:
-                sampler = dill.load(file)
+                try:
+                    sampler = dill.load(file)
+                except EOFError:
+                    sampler = None
 
                 if not hasattr(sampler, "versions"):
                     logger.warning(