diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf9553d29..420faaa59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+## Master
+
+##### Breaking
+
+None.
+
+##### Enhancements
+
+None.
+
+##### Bug Fixes
+
+* Fixed out-of-bounds exception when parsing the declaration in files starting
+  with a declaration.  
+  [JP Simard](https://github.com/jpsim)
+  [#30](https://github.com/jpsim/SourceKitten/issues/30)
+
 ## 0.3.0
 
 ##### Breaking
diff --git a/Source/SourceKittenFramework/NSString+SourceKitten.swift b/Source/SourceKittenFramework/NSString+SourceKitten.swift
index 483e8797d..0503e67d2 100644
--- a/Source/SourceKittenFramework/NSString+SourceKitten.swift
+++ b/Source/SourceKittenFramework/NSString+SourceKitten.swift
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ extension NSString {
     :returns: Line breaks.
     */
     public func lineBreaks() -> [Int] {
-        var lineBreaks = [Int]()
+        var lineBreaks = [-1] // Count start of file
         var searchRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: length)
-	while searchRange.length > 0 {
+        while searchRange.length > 0 {
             searchRange.length = length - searchRange.location
             let foundRange = rangeOfString("\n", options: nil, range: searchRange)
             if foundRange.location != NSNotFound {
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ extension NSString {
     :returns: Filtered string.
     */
     public func filteredSubstring(start: Int, end: Int) -> String {
+        precondition(end > start, "Range should be positive")
         let range = NSRange(location: start, length: end - start - 1)
         let unwantedSet = NSCharacterSet.whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet().mutableCopy() as NSMutableCharacterSet
         unwantedSet.addCharactersInString("{")
diff --git a/Source/SourceKittenFrameworkTests/StringTests.swift b/Source/SourceKittenFrameworkTests/StringTests.swift
index c18c5f350..5e1096e6f 100644
--- a/Source/SourceKittenFrameworkTests/StringTests.swift
+++ b/Source/SourceKittenFrameworkTests/StringTests.swift
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class StringTests: XCTestCase {
     }
 
     func testParseLineBreaks() {
-        XCTAssertEqual("a\nbc\nd\n".lineBreaks(), [1, 4, 6], "should parse line breaks")
+        XCTAssertEqual("a\nbc\nd\n".lineBreaks(), [-1, 1, 4, 6], "should parse line breaks")
     }
 
     func testFilteredSubstring() {