diff --git a/src/apps/apps.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/aous.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate b/src/apps/apps.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/aous.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
index 190f8712..311528bd 100644
Binary files a/src/apps/apps.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/aous.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate and b/src/apps/apps.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/aous.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate differ
diff --git a/src/core/coding/ojph_block_encoder.cpp b/src/core/coding/ojph_block_encoder.cpp
index 60939448..46d0f98b 100644
--- a/src/core/coding/ojph_block_encoder.cpp
+++ b/src/core/coding/ojph_block_encoder.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ namespace ojph {
       int fuse = melp->tmp | vlcp->tmp;
       if ( ( ((fuse ^ melp->tmp) & mel_mask)
            | ((fuse ^ vlcp->tmp) & vlc_mask) ) == 0
-          && (fuse != 0xFF))
+          && (fuse != 0xFF) && vlcp->pos > 1)
       {
         melp->buf[melp->pos++] = fuse;
       }