diff --git a/Core/Archive/ArchiveMap.cs b/Core/Archive/ArchiveMap.cs
index c0f31d89..4ab32b44 100644
--- a/Core/Archive/ArchiveMap.cs
+++ b/Core/Archive/ArchiveMap.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ byte[] open(int skip = 0)
                     case 1:
                         buffer = open(4);
                         offset = 0;
-                        return new MemoryStream(LZSS.DecompressAllNew(buffer, false));
+                        return new MemoryStream(LZSS.DecompressAllNew(buffer, @in.UncompressedSize, false));
 
                     case 2:
                         buffer = open();
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public byte[] GetBinaryFile(string input, Stream data)
                     return buffer;
 
                 case 1:
-                    return LZSS.DecompressAllNew(buffer);
+                    return LZSS.DecompressAllNew(buffer, fi.UncompressedSize);
 
                 case 2:
                     return LZ4Uncompress(buffer, fi.UncompressedSize);
diff --git a/Core/Archive/ArchiveWorker.cs b/Core/Archive/ArchiveWorker.cs
index 87bc3a4f..53321418 100644
--- a/Core/Archive/ArchiveWorker.cs
+++ b/Core/Archive/ArchiveWorker.cs
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ private byte[] GetBinaryFile(string fileName, int loc, bool cache)
             temp = GetCompressedData(FI, out int size);
 
             Memory.Log.WriteLine($"{nameof(ArchiveWorker)}::{nameof(GetBinaryFile)} :: extracting: {fileName}");
-            temp = temp == null ? null : FI.CompressionType == 2 ? ArchiveMap.LZ4Uncompress(temp, FI.UncompressedSize) : FI.CompressionType == 1 ? LZSS.DecompressAllNew(temp) : temp;
+            temp = temp == null ? null : FI.CompressionType == 2 ? ArchiveMap.LZ4Uncompress(temp, FI.UncompressedSize) : FI.CompressionType == 1 ? LZSS.DecompressAllNew(temp,FI.UncompressedSize) : temp;
             if (temp != null && cache && LocalTryAdd(fileName, temp))
             {
                 Memory.Log.WriteLine($"{nameof(ArchiveWorker)}::{nameof(GetBinaryFile)} :: cached: {fileName}");
diff --git a/Core/Archive/Compression/LZSS.cs b/Core/Archive/Compression/LZSS.cs
index 6dfafddd..10fa3b1e 100644
--- a/Core/Archive/Compression/LZSS.cs
+++ b/Core/Archive/Compression/LZSS.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Please send me your improved versions.
         private static readonly int THRESHOLD = 2;
         private static readonly int EOF = -1;
 
-        public static byte[] DecompressAllNew(byte[] data, bool skip = false)
+        public static byte[] DecompressAllNew(byte[] data, int uncompressedsize, bool skip = false)
         {
             //Memory.Log.WriteLine($"{nameof(LZSS)}::{nameof(DecompressAllNew)} :: decompressing data");
             byte[] outfilearray; 
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ public static byte[] DecompressAllNew(byte[] data, bool skip = false)
             {
                 Decode(infile, out outfilearray);
             }
+            if (uncompressedsize > 0 && outfilearray.Length != uncompressedsize)
+                throw new InvalidDataException($"{nameof(LZSS)}::{nameof(DecompressAllNew)} Expected size ({uncompressedsize}) != ({outfilearray.Length})");
             return outfilearray;
         }
 
diff --git a/Core/Saves/Saves.cs b/Core/Saves/Saves.cs
index 8b9c8d37..f5511637 100644
--- a/Core/Saves/Saves.cs
+++ b/Core/Saves/Saves.cs
@@ -132,13 +132,15 @@ private static void Read(string file, out Data d)
                 if (fs.Length >= 5)
                 {
                     size = br.ReadInt32();
-                    byte[] tmp = br.ReadBytes((int)fs.Length - sizeof(uint));
-                    decmp = LZSS.DecompressAllNew(tmp);
+                    if ((int)fs.Length - sizeof(uint) == size)
+                    {
+                        byte[] tmp = br.ReadBytes((int)fs.Length - sizeof(uint));
+                        decmp = LZSS.DecompressAllNew(tmp, 0);
+                    }
                 }
                 fs = null;
             }
-
-            if (decmp == null || decmp.Length < size)
+            if (decmp == null)
             {
                 Memory.Log.WriteLine($"{nameof(Saves)}::{nameof(Read)} Invalid file: {file}");
             }
diff --git a/Core/module_overture_debug.cs b/Core/module_overture_debug.cs
index 0a31dbf5..fd4a56b4 100644
--- a/Core/module_overture_debug.cs
+++ b/Core/module_overture_debug.cs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public Splash(int splashNum, bool bNames = true, bool bLogo = false)
                 return;
             }
             ArchiveBase aw = ArchiveWorker.Load(Memory.Archives.A_MAIN);
-            var lof = aw.GetListOfFiles();
+            string[] lof = aw.GetListOfFiles();
             loopsnames = lof.Where(x => x.IndexOf(loops, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1).OrderBy(x => x, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ToList();
             namesnames = lof.Where(x => x.IndexOf(names, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1).OrderBy(x => x, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ToList();
             logonames = lof.Where(x => x.IndexOf("ff8.lzs", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1).OrderBy(x => x, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ToList();
@@ -385,10 +385,21 @@ private void ReadSplash()
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filename)) return;
             ArchiveBase aw = ArchiveWorker.Load(Memory.Archives.A_MAIN);
             byte[] buffer = aw.GetBinaryFile(filename);
+
             string fn = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filename);
-            uint uncompSize = BitConverter.ToUInt32(buffer, 0);
-            buffer = buffer.Skip(4).ToArray(); //hotfix for new LZSS
-            buffer = LZSS.DecompressAllNew(buffer);
+
+            if (buffer.Length <= 4)
+            {
+                Memory.Log.WriteLine($"{nameof(Module_overture_debug)}::{nameof(ReadSplash)} \"{filename}\" too small to read any data.");
+                return;
+            }
+            int compSize = BitConverter.ToInt32(buffer, 0);
+            if (compSize != buffer.Length - sizeof(int))
+            {
+                Memory.Log.WriteLine($"{nameof(Module_overture_debug)}::{nameof(ReadSplash)} \"{filename}\" wrong size ({buffer.Length - sizeof(int)}) to be ({compSize}).");
+                return;
+            }
+            buffer = LZSS.DecompressAllNew(buffer, 0, true);
             TIM_OVERTURE tim = new TIM_OVERTURE(buffer);
             if ((fn.Equals("ff8", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) || (fn.IndexOf("loop", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0))
             {