diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs
index 776ebf40..b4fa8be8 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs
@@ -614,9 +614,10 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			// remove a space if there is one as the first character or the last character
 			if (retval[0]==' ')retval = retval.Remove(0, 1);
 			retval = retval.TrimEnd(' ');
-			// remove \r\n and \par at end of string.
-			if (retval.Substring(retval.Length - 2, 2) == "\r\n") retval = retval.Remove(retval.Length - 2, 2);
-			if (retval.Substring(retval.Length - 4, 4) == @"\par") retval = retval.Remove(retval.Length - 4, 4);
+			// remove \r\n at end of string if the string has 2 or more characters
+			if (retval.Length > 1 && retval.Substring(retval.Length - 2, 2) == "\r\n") retval = retval.Remove(retval.Length - 2, 2);
+			// remove \par at end of string if the string has 4 or more characters
+			if (retval.Length > 3 && retval.Substring(retval.Length - 4, 4) == @"\par") retval = retval.Remove(retval.Length - 4, 4);
 
 			if (retval.Length == 0) return "";
 			if (retval.Substring(retval.Length - 2, 2) == @"\v") retval = retval.Remove(retval.Length - 2, 2);