diff --git a/src/Gen3Hex.Core/ViewModels/ViewPort.cs b/src/Gen3Hex.Core/ViewModels/ViewPort.cs
index 92e073a0..7b5c800e 100644
--- a/src/Gen3Hex.Core/ViewModels/ViewPort.cs
+++ b/src/Gen3Hex.Core/ViewModels/ViewPort.cs
@@ -305,7 +305,12 @@ namespace HavenSoft.Gen3Hex.Core.ViewModels {
          }
 
          var run = Model.GetNextRun(index - 1) ?? new NoInfoRun(int.MaxValue);
-         if (run.Start <= index - 1 && run.Start + run.Length > index - 1) {
+         if (run is PCSRun pcs) {
+            for (int i = index - 1; i < run.Start + run.Length; i++) Model[i] = 0xFF;
+            var length = PCSString.ReadString(Model, run.Start);
+            Model.ObserveRunWritten(new PCSRun(run.Start, length, run.PointerSources));
+            RefreshBackingData();
+         } else if (run.Start <= index - 1 && run.Start + run.Length > index - 1) {
             // I want to do a backspace at the end of this run
             SelectionStart = scroll.DataIndexToViewPoint(run.Start);
             var cellToText = new ConvertCellToText(Model, run.Start);
diff --git a/src/Gen3Hex.Tests/StringModelTests.cs b/src/Gen3Hex.Tests/StringModelTests.cs
index 9fba02b3..e41c93bf 100644
--- a/src/Gen3Hex.Tests/StringModelTests.cs
+++ b/src/Gen3Hex.Tests/StringModelTests.cs
@@ -186,7 +186,21 @@ namespace HavenSoft.Gen3Hex.Tests {
          Assert.Equal(string.Empty, ((Anchor)viewPort[0, 0].Format).Format);
       }
 
-      // test: backspace
+      [Fact]
+      public void UsingBackspaceMidStringMakesTheStringEndThere() {
+         var buffer = Enumerable.Repeat((byte)0xFF, 0x200).ToArray();
+         for (int i = 0; i < 0x10; i++) buffer[i] = 0x00;
+         var model = new PointerAndStringModel(buffer);
+         var viewPort = new ViewPort(new LoadedFile("test.txt", buffer), model) { Width = 0x10, Height = 0x10 };
+
+         // add an anchor with some data on the 2nd line
+         viewPort.SelectionStart = new Point(0, 1);
+         viewPort.Edit("^bob\"\" \"Hello World!\"");
+         viewPort.SelectionStart = new Point(6, 1);
+         viewPort.Edit(ConsoleKey.Backspace);
+
+         Assert.Equal("Hello\"", ((PCSString.Convert(model, 0x10, PCSString.ReadString(model, 0x10)))));
+      }
 
       // TODO escape sequences