diff --git a/MultiAdmin/ServerIO/StringSections.cs b/MultiAdmin/ServerIO/StringSections.cs
index d324730..1642139 100644
--- a/MultiAdmin/ServerIO/StringSections.cs
+++ b/MultiAdmin/ServerIO/StringSections.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using MultiAdmin.ConsoleTools;
@@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ public StringSections(StringSection[] sections)
 
 		public static StringSections FromString(string fullString, int sectionLength, ColoredMessage leftIndicator = null, ColoredMessage rightIndicator = null, ColoredMessage sectionBase = null)
 		{
+			int rightIndicatorLength = rightIndicator?.Length ?? 0;
+			int totalIndicatorLength = (leftIndicator?.Length ?? 0) + rightIndicatorLength;
+
+			if (fullString.Length > sectionLength && sectionLength <= totalIndicatorLength)
+				throw new ArgumentException($"{nameof(sectionLength)} must be greater than the total length of {nameof(leftIndicator)} and {nameof(rightIndicator)}", nameof(sectionLength));
+
 			List<StringSection> sections = new List<StringSection>();
 
 			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fullString))
@@ -65,12 +72,12 @@ public static StringSections FromString(string fullString, int sectionLength, Co
 				curSecBuilder.Append(fullString[i]);
 
 				// If the section is less than the smallest possible section size, skip processing
-				if (curSecBuilder.Length < sectionLength - ((leftIndicator?.Length ?? 0) + (rightIndicator?.Length ?? 0))) continue;
+				if (curSecBuilder.Length < sectionLength - totalIndicatorLength) continue;
 
 				// Decide what the left indicator text should be accounting for the leftmost section
 				ColoredMessage leftIndicatorSection = sections.Count > 0 ? leftIndicator : null;
 				// Decide what the right indicator text should be accounting for the rightmost section
-				ColoredMessage rightIndicatorSection = i < fullString.Length - (1 + (rightIndicator?.Length ?? 0)) ? rightIndicator : null;
+				ColoredMessage rightIndicatorSection = i < fullString.Length - (1 + rightIndicatorLength) ? rightIndicator : null;
 
 				// Check the section length against the final section length
 				if (curSecBuilder.Length >= sectionLength - ((leftIndicatorSection?.Length ?? 0) + (rightIndicatorSection?.Length ?? 0)))
diff --git a/MultiAdminTests/ServerIO/StringSectionsTests.cs b/MultiAdminTests/ServerIO/StringSectionsTests.cs
index 7e5abb3..15d4b2a 100644
--- a/MultiAdminTests/ServerIO/StringSectionsTests.cs
+++ b/MultiAdminTests/ServerIO/StringSectionsTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+using System;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using MultiAdmin.ConsoleTools;
 using MultiAdmin.ServerIO;
 
 namespace MultiAdminTests.ServerIO
@@ -6,32 +8,63 @@ namespace MultiAdminTests.ServerIO
 	[TestClass]
 	public class StringSectionsTests
 	{
+		private struct FromStringTemplate
+		{
+			public readonly string testString;
+			public readonly string[] expectedSections;
+
+			public readonly int sectionLength;
+			public readonly ColoredMessage leftIndictator;
+			public readonly ColoredMessage rightIndictator;
+
+			public FromStringTemplate(string testString, string[] expectedSections, int sectionLength, ColoredMessage leftIndictator = null, ColoredMessage rightIndictator = null)
+			{
+				this.testString = testString;
+				this.expectedSections = expectedSections;
+
+				this.sectionLength = sectionLength;
+				this.leftIndictator = leftIndictator;
+				this.rightIndictator = rightIndictator;
+			}
+		}
+
 		[TestMethod]
 		public void FromStringTest()
 		{
-			string[] expectedSections =
+			try
 			{
-				"te",
-				"st",
-				" s",
-				"tr",
-				"in",
-				"g"
+				StringSections.FromString("test string", 2, new ColoredMessage("."), new ColoredMessage("."));
+				Assert.Fail("This case should not be allowed, no further characters can be output because of the prefix and suffix");
+			}
+			catch (ArgumentException)
+			{
+				// Expected behaviour
+			}
+
+			FromStringTemplate[] sectionTests =
+			{
+				new FromStringTemplate("test string", new string[] {"te", "st", " s", "tr", "in", "g"}, 2),
+				new FromStringTemplate("test string", new string[] {"tes..", ".t ..", ".st..", ".ring"}, 5, new ColoredMessage("."), new ColoredMessage(".."))
 			};
 
-			StringSections sections = StringSections.FromString("test string", 2);
+			for (int i = 0; i < sectionTests.Length; i++)
+			{
+				FromStringTemplate sectionTest = sectionTests[i];
+
+				StringSections sections = StringSections.FromString(sectionTest.testString, sectionTest.sectionLength, sectionTest.leftIndictator, sectionTest.rightIndictator);
 
-			Assert.IsNotNull(sections);
-			Assert.IsNotNull(sections.Sections);
+				Assert.IsNotNull(sections);
+				Assert.IsNotNull(sections.Sections);
 
-			Assert.IsTrue(sections.Sections.Length == expectedSections.Length, $"Expected sections length \"{expectedSections.Length}\", got \"{sections.Sections.Length}\"");
+				Assert.IsTrue(sections.Sections.Length == sectionTest.expectedSections.Length, $"Failed at index {i}: Expected sections length \"{sectionTest.expectedSections.Length}\", got \"{sections.Sections.Length}\"");
 
-			for (int i = 0; i < expectedSections.Length; i++)
-			{
-				string expected = expectedSections[i];
-				string result = sections.Sections[i].Text?.text;
+				for (int j = 0; j < sectionTest.expectedSections.Length; j++)
+				{
+					string expected = sectionTest.expectedSections[j];
+					string result = sections.Sections[j].Section.GetText();
 
-				Assert.AreEqual(expected, result, $"Failed at section index {i}: Expected section text to be \"{expected ?? "null"}\", got \"{result ?? "null"}\"");
+					Assert.AreEqual(expected, result, $"Failed at index {i}: Failed at section index {j}: Expected section text to be \"{expected ?? "null"}\", got \"{result ?? "null"}\"");
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}