diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ee76345..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-language: ruby
-rvm:
-  - 2.2.7
-  - 2.3.1
-  - 2.4.1
-  - 2.6.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18319f1..b418eee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Addressfinder 1.15.0 (March 2025) #
+
+* Automatically skip empty strings within Bulk verification
+
 # Addressfinder 1.14.0 (February 2025) #
 
 * Add support for Ruby 3.4
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 183bb80..bf44873 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Addressfinder Ruby Gem
 
 [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/addressfinder.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/rb/addressfinder)
-[![Build  Status](https://travis-ci.com/github/AddressFinder/addressfinder-ruby.svg)](https://travis-ci.com/github/AddressFinder/addressfinder-ruby)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/addressfinder/addressfinder-ruby/actions/workflows/ruby.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/addressfinder/addressfinder-ruby/actions/workflows/ruby.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)
 
 A client library for accessing the [Addressfinder](https://addressfinder.nz/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=addressfinder_rubygem&utm_term=AddressFinder) APIs.
 
diff --git a/lib/addressfinder/v1/email/batch_verification.rb b/lib/addressfinder/v1/email/batch_verification.rb
index 943164e..b49f0ff 100644
--- a/lib/addressfinder/v1/email/batch_verification.rb
+++ b/lib/addressfinder/v1/email/batch_verification.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def verify_each_email_concurrently
           @emails.each_with_index do |email, index_of_email|
             # Start a new thread for each task
             pool.post do
-              verify_email(email, index_of_email)
+              @results[index_of_email] = verify_email(email)
             end
           end
 
@@ -57,11 +57,12 @@ def verify_each_email_concurrently
         end
 
         # Verifies a single email addresses, and writes the result into @results
-        def verify_email(email, index_of_email)
-          @results[index_of_email] =
-            AddressFinder::V1::Email::Verification.new(email: email, http: http.clone, **args).perform.result
+        def verify_email(email)
+          return if email.empty?
+
+          AddressFinder::V1::Email::Verification.new(email: email, http: http.clone, **args).perform.result
         rescue AddressFinder::RequestRejectedError => e
-          @results[index_of_email] = OpenStruct.new(success: false, body: e.body, status: e.status)
+          OpenStruct.new(success: false, body: e.body, status: e.status)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/addressfinder/v1/nz/batch_verification.rb b/lib/addressfinder/v1/nz/batch_verification.rb
index 7f4a0a5..9cb3dbb 100644
--- a/lib/addressfinder/v1/nz/batch_verification.rb
+++ b/lib/addressfinder/v1/nz/batch_verification.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def verify_each_address_concurrently
           addresses.each_with_index do |address, index_of_address|
             # Start a new thread for each task
             pool.post do
-              verify_address(address, index_of_address)
+              @results[index_of_address] = verify_address(address)
             end
           end
 
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ def verify_each_address_concurrently
         end
 
         # Verifies a single address, and writes the result into @results
-        def verify_address(address, index_of_address)
-          @results[index_of_address] =
-            AddressFinder::Verification.new(q: address, http: http.clone, **args).perform.result
+        def verify_address(address)
+          return if address.empty?
+
+          AddressFinder::Verification.new(q: address, http: http.clone, **args).perform.result || false
         rescue AddressFinder::RequestRejectedError => e
-          @results[index_of_address] = OpenStruct.new(success: false, body: e.body, status: e.status)
+          OpenStruct.new(success: false, body: e.body, status: e.status)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/addressfinder/v2/au/batch_verification.rb b/lib/addressfinder/v2/au/batch_verification.rb
index aafef25..a9359ef 100644
--- a/lib/addressfinder/v2/au/batch_verification.rb
+++ b/lib/addressfinder/v2/au/batch_verification.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def verify_each_address_concurrently
           addresses.each_with_index do |address, index_of_address|
             # Start a new thread for each task
             pool.post do
-              verify_address(address, index_of_address)
+              @results[index_of_address] = verify_address(address)
             end
           end
 
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ def verify_each_address_concurrently
         end
 
         # Verifies a single address, and writes the result into @results
-        def verify_address(address, index_of_address)
-          @results[index_of_address] =
-            AddressFinder::V2::Au::Verification.new(q: address, http: http.clone, **args).perform.result
+        def verify_address(address)
+          return if address.empty?
+
+          AddressFinder::V2::Au::Verification.new(q: address, http: http.clone, **args).perform.result || false
         rescue AddressFinder::RequestRejectedError => e
-          @results[index_of_address] = OpenStruct.new(success: false, body: e.body, status: e.status)
+          OpenStruct.new(success: false, body: e.body, status: e.status)
         end
       end
     end