Index: plugins/rubyMetrics/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/rubyMetrics/rcov/RcovParserTest.java
===================================================================
--- plugins/rubyMetrics/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/rubyMetrics/rcov/RcovParserTest.java	(revision 13739)
+++ plugins/rubyMetrics/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/rubyMetrics/rcov/RcovParserTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@
 		
 		assertTrue(result.getFiles().size() > 0);
 		
-		assertNotNull(result.getTotalCoverage());
-		assertNotNull(result.getTotalLines());
-		assertNotNull(result.getCodeCoverage());
-		assertNotNull(result.getCodeLines());
+		assertNotNull("Total Coverage was null.", result.getTotalCoverage());
+		assertTrue("Total Coverage was an empty string", result.getTotalCoverage().trim().length() > 0);
+		assertNotNull("Total Lines was null.", result.getTotalLines());
+		assertTrue("Total lines was an empty string.", result.getTotalLines().trim().length() > 0);
+		assertNotNull("Code Coverage was null.", result.getCodeCoverage());
+		assertTrue("Code Coverage was an empty string.", result.getCodeCoverage().trim().length() > 0);
+		assertNotNull("Code lines was null.", result.getCodeLines());
+		assertTrue("Code Lines was an empty string.", result.getCodeLines().trim().length() > 0);
 	}
 }
Index: plugins/rubyMetrics/src/test/resources/hudson/plugins/rubyMetrics/rcov/index.html
===================================================================
--- plugins/rubyMetrics/src/test/resources/hudson/plugins/rubyMetrics/rcov/index.html	(revision 13739)
+++ plugins/rubyMetrics/src/test/resources/hudson/plugins/rubyMetrics/rcov/index.html	(working copy)
@@ -159,20 +159,28 @@
       </tr>
     </thead>
   <tbody><tr class='light'><td>TOTAL</td>
-      <td class='lines_total'><tt>1005</tt>
-        </td>
-      <td class='lines_code'><tt>753</tt>
-        </td>
-      <td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align='right'><tr><td><tt class='coverage_total'>85.5%</tt>
-              &nbsp;</td>
-            <td><table cellspacing='0' class='percent_graph' cellpadding='0' width='100'><tr><td class='covered' width='85'/>
+      <td class='lines_total'>
+        <tt>1005</tt>
+      </td>
+      <td class='lines_code'>
+        <tt>753</tt>
+      </td>
+      <td>
+        <table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align='right'>
+          <tr>
+            <td>
+              <tt class='coverage_total'>85.5%</tt>&nbsp;</td>
+            <td>
+              <table cellspacing='0' class='percent_graph' cellpadding='0' width='100'>
+                <tr>
+                  <td class='covered' width='85'/>
                   <td class='uncovered' width='15'/>
-                  </tr>
-                </table>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-          </table>
-        </td>
+                </tr>
+              </table>
+            </td>
+          </tr>
+        </table>
+      </td>
       <td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align='right'><tr><td><tt class='coverage_code'>82.7%</tt>
               &nbsp;</td>
             <td><table cellspacing='0' class='percent_graph' cellpadding='0' width='100'><tr><td class='covered' width='83'/>
Index: plugins/rubyMetrics/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/rubyMetrics/rcov/RcovParser.java
===================================================================
--- plugins/rubyMetrics/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/rubyMetrics/rcov/RcovParser.java	(revision 13739)
+++ plugins/rubyMetrics/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/rubyMetrics/rcov/RcovParser.java	(working copy)
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.htmlparser.tags.TableRow;
 import org.htmlparser.tags.TableTag;
 import org.htmlparser.util.NodeList;
+import org.htmlparser.util.SimpleNodeIterator;
 import org.htmlparser.util.ParserException;
 
 public class RcovParser {
@@ -144,7 +145,15 @@
 	    	Node parent = first.getChildren() != null && first.getChildren().size() > 0?first:first.getParent();
 	    	
 	    	parent.collectInto(nodeList, new NodeClassFilter(Text.class));
-    		text = nodeList.elementAt(0).getText();    		
+                SimpleNodeIterator nodeIterator = nodeList.elements();
+                // find the first non-empty text node.
+                while(nodeIterator.hasMoreNodes()) {
+                    Node textNode = nodeIterator.nextNode();
+                    text = textNode.getText();
+                    if (text != null && (text = text.trim()).length() > 0) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
 	    }
 	    
 	    return text;