diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 171b6d2..848526d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bytedata"
-version = "0.1.11"
+version = "0.1.12"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.75"
 description = "Representation of a byte slice that is either static, borrowed, or shared."
diff --git a/src/queue/byte_queue.rs b/src/queue/byte_queue.rs
index 72f724b..b05cb16 100644
--- a/src/queue/byte_queue.rs
+++ b/src/queue/byte_queue.rs
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ impl<'a> ByteQueue<'a> {
     pub fn split_off(&mut self, at: usize) -> Self {
         fn inner<'a>(this: &mut ByteQueue<'a>, at: usize) -> ByteQueue<'a> {
             let mut out = ByteQueue::new();
-            let mut remain = at;
+            let mut remain = this.len() - at;
             while let Some(av) = this.pop_back() {
                 let len = av.len();
                 if len > remain {