diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
index 591a0b8340..13c9ff0c86 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ namespace
         if (length == 1)
             return "s" + String (start);
 
-        int breakPos = jlimit (1, length - 1, (length / 3) + rng.nextInt (length / 3));
+        int breakPos = jlimit (1, length - 1, (length / 3) + rng.nextInt (jmax (1, length / 3)));
 
         return "(" + getStringConcatenationExpression (rng, start, breakPos)
                 + " + " + getStringConcatenationExpression (rng, start + breakPos, length - breakPos) + ")";