diff --git a/src/Gen3Hex.Core/Models/DataFormatModel.cs b/src/Gen3Hex.Core/Models/DataFormatModel.cs
index ca80e71d..7e47fc3d 100644
--- a/src/Gen3Hex.Core/Models/DataFormatModel.cs
+++ b/src/Gen3Hex.Core/Models/DataFormatModel.cs
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ namespace HavenSoft.Gen3Hex.Core.Models {
             if (RawData[i] % 4 != 0) continue;
             var source = i;
             var destination = ReadPointer(i);
+            if (destination >= RawData.Length) continue;
             if (!pointersForDestination.ContainsKey(destination)) pointersForDestination[destination] = new List<int>();
             pointersForDestination[destination].Add(source);
             destinationForSource.Add(source, destination);
diff --git a/src/Gen3Hex.Tests/StringModelTests.cs b/src/Gen3Hex.Tests/StringModelTests.cs
index ee34662a..fa1b7446 100644
--- a/src/Gen3Hex.Tests/StringModelTests.cs
+++ b/src/Gen3Hex.Tests/StringModelTests.cs
@@ -336,5 +336,20 @@ namespace HavenSoft.Gen3Hex.Tests {
          Assert.Equal(13, model.GetNextRun(0x08).Length);
          Assert.Equal("\"Hello World!\"", ((PCS)viewPort[0x0C, 0].Format).FullString);
       }
+
+      [Fact]
+      public void PointersPastEndOfDataDoNotCountAsPointers() {
+         var buffer = Enumerable.Repeat((byte)0xFF, 0x200).ToArray();
+         buffer[4] = 0x20;
+         buffer[5] = 0x20;
+         buffer[6] = 0x20;
+         buffer[7] = 0x08;
+
+         // it should realize that the data starting at 4 isn't a pointer
+         // because 202020 is after the end of the data
+         var model = new PointerAndStringModel(buffer);
+
+         Assert.Equal(int.MaxValue, model.GetNextRun(0).Start);
+      }
    }
 }