1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/strops.cpp b/src/strops.cpp
index d47ec2e..efa91e6 100644
--- a/src/strops.cpp
+++ b/src/strops.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ namespace strops {
         const char *pos = strstr(json, pattern);
         while(skip > 0) {
             pos = strstr(pos+1, pattern);
-            skip--; 
+            skip--;
+            if (!pos) return 0;
         }
         if (!pos) return NULL;
         pos = strchr(pos, ':');