diff --git a/src/__tests__/index.js b/src/__tests__/index.js
index 0570ed1..79a5d78 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/index.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/index.js
@@ -112,6 +112,21 @@ describe('fix trailing characters', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('chars', () => {
+    const json = fs.readFileSync('./test/samples/trailingChar.json', 'utf-8')
+    const {data, changed} = jf(json)
+    expect(changed).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(data).toEqual([
+      {
+        test1: '1',
+        test2: {
+          a: 'b',
+          c: {},
+        },
+      },
+    ])
+  })
+
   it('hex\'s "x"', () => {
     const json = fs.readFileSync('./test/samples/x.json', 'utf-8')
     const {data, changed} = jf(json)
diff --git a/src/fixer.js b/src/fixer.js
index e773f64..885a116 100644
--- a/src/fixer.js
+++ b/src/fixer.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ const {parse} = require('./json.pjs')
 
 const fixExtraChar = ({fixedData, verbose, targetLine}) => {
   if (verbose) psw(chalk.magenta('Extra character'))
+  if (fixedData[targetLine] === '') --targetLine
   const brokenLine = removeLinebreak(fixedData[targetLine])
+
   let fixedLine = brokenLine.trimEnd()
   fixedLine = fixedLine.substr(0, fixedLine.length - 1)
   fixedData[targetLine] = fixedLine
diff --git a/test/samples/trailingChar.json b/test/samples/trailingChar.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c9fdc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/samples/trailingChar.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+  {
+      "test1": "1",
+      "test2": {
+          "a": "b",
+          "c": {
+
+          },
+
+      }
+  }
+]
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