diff --git a/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/util/Palette.java b/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/util/Palette.java
index 057688500..f215adddc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/util/Palette.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/util/Palette.java
@@ -89,8 +89,11 @@ public class Palette
 
     public void readFromNBT( NBTTagCompound nbt )
     {
+        if( !nbt.hasKey( "term_palette" ) ) return;
         int[] rgb8 = nbt.getIntArray( "term_palette" );
 
+        if( rgb8.length != colours.length ) return;
+
         for(int i = 0; i < colours.length; ++i)
         {
             colours[i] = decodeRGB8( rgb8[i] );