X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fdatamodel%2FSequenceGroup.java;h=944f263f74e91057548aef6252719de5684fb6d4;hb=c8441b851dcd36fbbc1c6bc64e16a64bda1f8359;hp=6b797d79a939a5c50af6b41e05916e96956185e5;hpb=9e926ac4305fd9dff38b6e079e55b4f50664d544;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
index 6b797d7..944f263 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
@@ -1189,9 +1189,10 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
     {
       if (consensus.annotations[i] != null)
       {
-        if (consensus.annotations[i].description.charAt(0) == '[')
+        String desc = consensus.annotations[i].description;
+        if (desc.length() > 1 && desc.charAt(0) == '[')
         {
-          seqs.append(consensus.annotations[i].description.charAt(1));
+          seqs.append(desc.charAt(1));
         }
         else
         {