diff --git a/fcore/enemy-behaviour.sml b/fcore/enemy-behaviour.sml
index 86184b4..e1eff96 100644
--- a/fcore/enemy-behaviour.sml
+++ b/fcore/enemy-behaviour.sml
@@ -355,17 +355,25 @@ struct
       (* todo: possibly get pID and eID of player/enemy in a different way *)
       val pID = getPlatformBelowPlayer (player, platformTree, platforms)
       val eID = getPlatformBelowEnemy (enemy, platformTree, platforms)
-
-      val bestPath = PathFinding.start (pID, eID, platforms, platformTree)
     in
       if eID = pID then
         EnemyPatch.W_Y_AXIS FALLING :: acc
+      else if eID = ~1 orelse pID = ~1 then
+        (* without checking that neither of these are ~1 
+        * (which means there is no platform below the enemy/player)
+        * there is a subscript error because the PathFinding.start
+        * function expects neither of these values to be ~1. *)
+        acc
       else
-        case bestPath of
-          nextPlatformID :: _ =>
-            getPathToNextPlatform
-              (nextPlatformID, platforms, platformTree, enemy, eID, pID, acc)
-        | [] => acc
+        let
+          val bestPath = PathFinding.start (pID, eID, platforms, platformTree)
+        in
+          case bestPath of
+            nextPlatformID :: _ =>
+              getPathToNextPlatform
+                (nextPlatformID, platforms, platformTree, enemy, eID, pID, acc)
+          | [] => acc
+        end
     end
 
   fun getFollowPatches
diff --git a/fcore/game-type.sml b/fcore/game-type.sml
index 753a0f2..afe16b1 100644
--- a/fcore/game-type.sml
+++ b/fcore/game-type.sml
@@ -168,8 +168,9 @@ struct
       val plat5 = {id = 5, x = 155, y = 811, width = 199}
       val plat6 = {id = 6, x = 155, y = 710, width = 199}
       val plat7 = {id = 7, x = 301, y = 855, width = 99}
+      val plat8 = {id = 8, x = 950, y = 710, width = 300}
       val platforms = Vector.fromList
-        [plat1, plat2, plat3, plat4, plat5, plat6, plat7]
+        [plat1, plat2, plat3, plat4, plat5, plat6, plat7, plat8]
       val platformTree = Platform.generateTree platforms
 
       val enemy1 =