diff --git a/fixtures/diff-empty.bin b/fixtures/diff-empty.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/fixtures/diff-empty.bin.blockmap b/fixtures/diff-empty.bin.blockmap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1a4a851c2
Binary files /dev/null and b/fixtures/diff-empty.bin.blockmap differ
diff --git a/ts/test-node/updater/differential_test.ts b/ts/test-node/updater/differential_test.ts
index 1781274f4d..e25c936b3d 100644
--- a/ts/test-node/updater/differential_test.ts
+++ b/ts/test-node/updater/differential_test.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ describe('updater/differential', () => {
     const oldFile = 'diff-original.bin';
     const oldBlockFile = getBlockMapFileName(oldFile);
 
+    const emptyFile = 'diff-empty.bin';
+
     const newFile = 'diff-modified.bin';
     const newBlockFile = getBlockMapFileName(newFile);
     const newHash =
@@ -109,6 +111,20 @@ describe('updater/differential', () => {
           return [parseInt(range[1], 10), parseInt(range[2], 10)];
         });
 
+        if (ranges.length === 1) {
+          res.writeHead(200, {
+            'content-type': 'application/octet-stream',
+          });
+          if (shouldTimeout === 'response') {
+            res.flushHeaders();
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const [from, to] = ranges[0];
+          res.end(fullFile.slice(from, to + 1));
+          return;
+        }
+
         const BOUNDARY = 'f8f254ce1ba37627';
 
         res.writeHead(206, {
@@ -278,6 +294,34 @@ describe('updater/differential', () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it('downloads the full file with a single range', async () => {
+      const data = await prepareDownload({
+        oldFile: path.join(FIXTURES, emptyFile),
+        newUrl: `${baseUrl}/${newFile}`,
+        sha512: newHash,
+      });
+
+      const outDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), 'signal-temp-'));
+      await fs.mkdir(outDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      const outFile = path.join(outDir, 'out.bin');
+      const chunks = new Array<number>();
+      await download(outFile, data, {
+        statusCallback(size) {
+          chunks.push(size);
+        },
+      });
+
+      const expected = await fs.readFile(path.join(FIXTURES, newFile));
+      const actual = await fs.readFile(outFile);
+
+      assert.isTrue(actual.equals(expected), 'Files do not match');
+      assert.isTrue(
+        chunks.length > 0,
+        'Expected multiple callback invocations'
+      );
+    });
+
     it('handles response timeouts gracefully', async () => {
       const data = await prepareDownload({
         oldFile: path.join(FIXTURES, oldFile),
diff --git a/ts/updater/differential.ts b/ts/updater/differential.ts
index 85794d365a..78e7169d8f 100644
--- a/ts/updater/differential.ts
+++ b/ts/updater/differential.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 
 import type { FileHandle } from 'fs/promises';
 import { readFile, open } from 'fs/promises';
+import type { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import { gunzip as nativeGunzip } from 'zlib';
 import got from 'got';
-import { chunk as lodashChunk } from 'lodash';
+import { chunk as lodashChunk, noop } from 'lodash';
 import pMap from 'p-map';
 import Dicer from 'dicer';
 
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ export function computeDiff(
     last.size += size;
   }
 
-  return optimizedDiff;
+  return optimizedDiff.filter(({ size }) => size !== 0);
 }
 
 export async function prepareDownload({
@@ -369,45 +370,52 @@ export async function downloadRanges(
   const onPart = async (part: Dicer.PartStream): Promise<void> => {
     const diff = await takeDiffFromPart(part, diffByRange);
 
-    let offset = 0;
-    for await (const chunk of part) {
-      strictAssert(
-        offset + chunk.length <= diff.size,
-        'Server returned more data than expected, ' +
-          `written=${offset} ` +
-          `newChunk=${chunk.length} ` +
-          `maxSize=${diff.size}`
-      );
-
-      if (abortSignal?.aborted) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      await output.write(chunk, 0, chunk.length, offset + diff.writeOffset);
-      offset += chunk.length;
-
-      chunkStatusCallback(chunk.length);
-    }
-
-    strictAssert(
-      offset === diff.size,
-      `Not enough data to download from offset=${diff.readOffset} ` +
-        `size=${diff.size}`
-    );
+    await saveDiffStream({
+      diff,
+      stream: part,
+      abortSignal,
+      output,
+      chunkStatusCallback,
+    });
   };
 
-  const [{ statusCode, headers }] = await wrapEventEmitterOnce(
-    stream,
-    'response'
-  );
-  strictAssert(statusCode === 206, `Invalid status code: ${statusCode}`);
+  let boundary: string;
+  try {
+    const [{ statusCode, headers }] = await wrapEventEmitterOnce(
+      stream,
+      'response'
+    );
 
-  const match = headers['content-type']?.match(
-    /^multipart\/byteranges;\s*boundary=([^\s;]+)/
-  );
-  strictAssert(match, `Invalid Content-Type: ${headers['content-type']}`);
+    // When the result is single range we might get 200 status code
+    if (ranges.length === 1 && statusCode === 200) {
+      await saveDiffStream({
+        diff: ranges[0],
+        stream,
+        abortSignal,
+        output,
+        chunkStatusCallback,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
 
-  const dicer = new Dicer({ boundary: match[1] });
+    strictAssert(statusCode === 206, `Invalid status code: ${statusCode}`);
+
+    const match = headers['content-type']?.match(
+      /^multipart\/byteranges;\s*boundary=([^\s;]+)/
+    );
+    strictAssert(match, `Invalid Content-Type: ${headers['content-type']}`);
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
+    boundary = match[1];
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Ignore further errors and destroy stream early
+    stream.on('error', noop);
+    stream.destroy();
+
+    throw error;
+  }
+
+  const dicer = new Dicer({ boundary });
 
   const partPromises = new Array<Promise<void>>();
   dicer.on('part', part => partPromises.push(onPart(part)));
@@ -472,3 +480,43 @@ async function takeDiffFromPart(
 
   return diff;
 }
+
+async function saveDiffStream({
+  diff,
+  stream,
+  output,
+  abortSignal,
+  chunkStatusCallback,
+}: {
+  diff: DiffType;
+  stream: Readable;
+  output: FileHandle;
+  abortSignal?: AbortSignal;
+  chunkStatusCallback: (chunkSize: number) => void;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  let offset = 0;
+  for await (const chunk of stream) {
+    strictAssert(
+      offset + chunk.length <= diff.size,
+      'Server returned more data than expected, ' +
+        `written=${offset} ` +
+        `newChunk=${chunk.length} ` +
+        `maxSize=${diff.size}`
+    );
+
+    if (abortSignal?.aborted) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await output.write(chunk, 0, chunk.length, offset + diff.writeOffset);
+    offset += chunk.length;
+
+    chunkStatusCallback(chunk.length);
+  }
+
+  strictAssert(
+    offset === diff.size,
+    `Not enough data to download from offset=${diff.readOffset} ` +
+      `size=${diff.size}`
+  );
+}