diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da703b7..3fc2749 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@creately/carota",
   "author": "Daniel Earwicker (dan@earwicker.com)",
   "description": "Simple, flexible rich text rendering/editing on HTML Canvas",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.8.1",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/danielearwicker/carota.git"
diff --git a/src/doc.js b/src/doc.js
index 72bc1b1..b6cd02d 100644
--- a/src/doc.js
+++ b/src/doc.js
@@ -122,8 +122,11 @@ var prototype = node.derive({
                 for (let j = 0; j < line.positionedWords.length; j++) {
                     var left = line.positionedWords[j].left;
                     var word = line.positionedWords[j].word;
-                    var text = word.text.parts[0];
 
+                    if ( !word.text.parts || !word.text.parts.length || !word.text.parts[0] ) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    var text = word.text.parts[0];
                     if ( text.run.underline === true ) {
                         underLines.push({
                             baseline: line.baseline,