diff --git a/wled00/FX_2Dfcn.cpp b/wled00/FX_2Dfcn.cpp
index f2883a20..26417c65 100644
--- a/wled00/FX_2Dfcn.cpp
+++ b/wled00/FX_2Dfcn.cpp
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ void Segment::drawText(const unsigned char* text, size_t maxLen, int maxLetters,
   uint16_t decoded_text[WLED_MAX_SEGNAME_LEN+1] = { 0 };  // UTF-16 converted text. Cannot be longer than WLED_MAX_SEGNAME_LEN
   size_t utf16_index = 0;
   for(const unsigned char* now = text; now != nullptr && now[0] != '\0'; now = nextUnicode(now, maxLen)) {
-    if (utf16_index <= WLED_MAX_SEGNAME_LEN) {
+    if (utf16_index < WLED_MAX_SEGNAME_LEN) {
       decoded_text[utf16_index] = unicodeToWchar16(now, maxLen);                   // UTF-8 decode into decoded_text
       decoded_text[utf16_index] = wchar16ToCodepage437(decoded_text[utf16_index]); // decoded_text to CP437 (in-place conversion)
       // toDo: ensure that decoded_text[i] is between console_font_YxZ_first and console_font_YxZ_last
diff --git a/wled00/json.cpp b/wled00/json.cpp
index 59b646e7..5b33f6ea 100644
--- a/wled00/json.cpp
+++ b/wled00/json.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ bool deserializeSegment(JsonObject elem, byte it, byte presetId)
       seg.name = new(std::nothrow) char[len+1];
       if (seg.name) strlcpy(seg.name, name, len+1);
     } else {
+      if (len > 0) { USER_PRINTF("! too-long segment name \"%s\" (%d chars) dropped.\n", name, len);}
       // but is empty (already deleted above)
       elem.remove("n");
     }