diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
index a872561e..dd692f41 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ public class StringBlock {
         }
         StringBuilder html = new StringBuilder(raw.length() + 32);
         int[] opened = new int[style.length / 3];
+        boolean[] unclosed = new boolean[style.length / 3];
         int offset = 0, depth = 0;
-        boolean closeTagOnEnd = false;
         while (true) {
             int i = -1, j;
             for (j = 0; j != style.length; j += 3) {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class StringBlock {
                 int end = style[last + 2];
                 if (end >= start) {
                     if (style[last + 1] == -1 && end != -1) {
-                        closeTagOnEnd = true;
+                        unclosed[j] = true;
                     }
                     break;
                 }
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ public class StringBlock {
             depth = j + 1;
             if (offset < start) {
                 html.append(ResXmlEncoders.escapeXmlChars(raw.substring(offset, start)));
-                if (closeTagOnEnd) {
-                    if (j > 0) {
+                if (j >= 0 && unclosed.length >= j && unclosed[j]) {
+                    if (unclosed.length > (j + 1) && unclosed[j + 1] || unclosed.length == 1) {
                         outputStyleTag(getString(style[opened[j]]), html, true);
                     }
                 }