diff --git a/term/paragraph.c b/term/paragraph.c
index c1a7de2..e7961a8 100644
--- a/term/paragraph.c
+++ b/term/paragraph.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static unsigned int extract_line(
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (start[i] == '\0') {
+	if (start[i] == '\0' && (i - delta) < line_length) {
 		end = NULL;
 	}