diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index c66113fb..24fb0cef 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "Quiqbox"
 uuid = "7cb8c394-fae1-4ab9-92f2-30189d7746cd"
-version = "0.5.6"
+version = "0.5.7"
 
 [deps]
 Combinatorics = "861a8166-3701-5b0c-9a16-15d98fcdc6aa"
diff --git a/src/FileIO.jl b/src/FileIO.jl
index 7bf8383d..0b9e3b26 100644
--- a/src/FileIO.jl
+++ b/src/FileIO.jl
@@ -223,7 +223,11 @@ function cropStrR(str::String, maxLen::Int)
     if maxLen > strLen
         rpad(str, maxLen)
     else
-        str[begin:maxLen]
+        i = 0
+        mapreduce(*, 1:maxLen) do _
+            i = nextind(str, i)
+            str[i]
+        end
     end
 end