diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a0c45e..c783bac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.ohnlp.medtagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>medtagger</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.70</version>
+    <version>1.0.71</version>
     <description>The MedTagger biomedical information extraction pipeline</description>
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ohnlp/medtagger/backbone/SectionResolutionTransform.java b/src/main/java/org/ohnlp/medtagger/backbone/SectionResolutionTransform.java
index 539f03d..b29dafc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ohnlp/medtagger/backbone/SectionResolutionTransform.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ohnlp/medtagger/backbone/SectionResolutionTransform.java
@@ -65,10 +65,13 @@ public void process(ProcessContext pc) {
                     if (s.trim().length() == 0) {
                         return;
                     }
-                    String cand = s.split(":")[0].trim();
-                    if (cand.length() > 0) {
-                        // And output
-                        pc.output(KV.of(cand, 1));
+                    String[] parsed = s.split(":");
+                    if (parsed.length > 0) {
+                        String cand = parsed[0].trim();
+                        if (cand.length() > 0) {
+                            // And output
+                            pc.output(KV.of(cand, 1));
+                        }
                     }
                 });