diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e81d6e7..bcf1458 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog].
   fixes issues with formatters that behave differently when receiving
   input on stdin versus being run on a tty ([#119]).
 
+### Bugs fixed
+* When a formatter has a bug and fails to return anything on stdout
+  (e.g. scalafmt), do not erase the buffer ([#116]).
+
 ### Formatters
 * [bean-format](https://github.com/beancount/beancount) for Beancount
   ([#101]).
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog].
 [#105]: https://github.com/radian-software/apheleia/pull/105
 [#109]: https://github.com/radian-software/apheleia/issues/109
 [#110]: https://github.com/radian-software/apheleia/pull/110
+[#116]: https://github.com/radian-software/apheleia/pull/116
 [#119]: https://github.com/radian-software/apheleia/pull/119
 
 ## 3.0 (released 2022-06-01)
diff --git a/apheleia.el b/apheleia.el
index 37d6c89..332499e 100644
--- a/apheleia.el
+++ b/apheleia.el
@@ -1034,13 +1034,14 @@ function: %s" command)))
      buffer
      remote
      (lambda (stdout)
-       (if (cdr formatters)
-           ;; Forward current stdout to remaining formatters, passing along
-           ;; the current callback and using the current formatters output
-           ;; as stdin.
-           (apheleia--run-formatters
-            (cdr formatters) buffer remote callback stdout)
-         (funcall callback stdout)))
+       (unless (string-empty-p (with-current-buffer stdout (buffer-string)))
+         (if (cdr formatters)
+             ;; Forward current stdout to remaining formatters, passing along
+             ;; the current callback and using the current formatters output
+             ;; as stdin.
+             (apheleia--run-formatters
+              (cdr formatters) buffer remote callback stdout)
+           (funcall callback stdout))))
      stdin
      (car formatters))))