I have this error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

I have looked over all of the internet but am not able to solve this error. I have no idea what it means as I'm new to json files and python. This is for my Discord.py leveling system. Please help me. I don't Understand it at all. Its quite new to me. I am really confused. It doesn't make any sense to me.

Here is my code:

@client.event
async def on_member_join(member):
  with open('users.json', 'r') as f:
    users = json.load(f)

  await update_data(users, member)

with open('users.json', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(users, f)


@client.event
async def on_message(message):
  if message.author.bot == False:
      with open('users.json', 'r') as f:
          users = json.load(f)

    await update_data(users, message.author)
    await add_experience(users, message.author, 5)
    await level_up(users, message.author, message)

    with open('users.json', 'w') as f:
        json.dump(users, f)

await client.process_commands(message)


async def update_data(users, user):
    if not f'{user.id}' in users:
        users[f'{user.id}'] = {}
        users[f'{user.id}']['experience'] = 0
        users[f'{user.id}']['level'] = 1


async def add_experience(users, user, exp):
    users[f'{user.id}']['experience'] += exp


async def level_up(users, user, message):
    with open('levels.json', 'r') as g:
        levels = json.load(g)
    experience = users[f'{user.id}']['experience']
    lvl_start = users[f'{user.id}']['level']
    lvl_end = int(experience ** (1 / 4))
if lvl_start < lvl_end:
    await message.channel.send(f'{user.mention} has leveled up to level {lvl_end}')
    users[f'{user.id}']['level'] = lvl_end

@client.command()
async def level(ctx, member: discord.Member = None):
    if not member:
        id = ctx.message.author.id
        with open('users.json', 'r') as f:
            users = json.load(f)
        lvl = users[str(id)]['level']
        await ctx.send(f'You are at level {lvl}!')
    else:
        id = member.id
        with open('users.json', 'r') as f:
            users = json.load(f)
        lvl = users[str(id)]['level']
        await ctx.send(f'{member} is at level {lvl}!')
levels.json file:
{}
users.json file:
{}