diff --git a/Sources/UniYAML/Decoder.swift b/Sources/UniYAML/Decoder.swift
index 46115a1..44041f6 100644
--- a/Sources/UniYAML/Decoder.swift
+++ b/Sources/UniYAML/Decoder.swift
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ public struct UniYAML {
 			return nil
 		}
 		_ = parseIndent(stream, index: &index)
+		guard index < stream.endIndex else {
+			return nil
+		}
 		var search = Range(uncheckedBounds: (index, stream.endIndex))
 		var location = search
 		var fragments = ""
diff --git a/Tests/UniYAMLTests/UniYAMLTests.swift b/Tests/UniYAMLTests/UniYAMLTests.swift
index d15c113..80fa900 100644
--- a/Tests/UniYAMLTests/UniYAMLTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/UniYAMLTests/UniYAMLTests.swift
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class UniYAMLTests: XCTestCase {
 		("testYAMLUnexpectedColon", testYAMLUnexpectedColon),
 		("testYAMLUnexpectedBrace", testYAMLUnexpectedBrace),
 		("testYAMLUnexpectedEnd", testYAMLUnexpectedEnd),
+		("testPartialYAML", testPartialYAML),
 	]
 
 	let types = "---\n\nsimple string: a text\nquoted string: 'john ''beatle''\n lennon'\nsplit string: >\n  two\n  words\nrows: |\n  first\n  second\n  last\nint: -12345\nuint: 67890\ndouble: 3.14159265\npositive: yes\nnegative: off\n"
@@ -456,4 +457,10 @@ classic:
 		XCTAssert(obj == nil && err.hasPrefix("unexpected stream end"))
 	}
 
+	func testPartialYAML() throws {
+		let yaml = "a: "
+		let obj = try UniYAML.decode(yaml)
+		XCTAssertEqual(obj, nil)
+	}
+
 }