diff -r 608cc0b25352 -r 3ffdfe1776b4 src/properties.c
--- a/src/properties.c	Thu Dec 25 11:10:13 2025 +0100
+++ b/src/properties.c	Thu Dec 25 11:39:26 2025 +0100
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         cxstring nl = cx_strchr(input, '\n');
         while (nl.length > 0) {
             // check for line continuation
-            char previous = nl.ptr > input.ptr ? nl.ptr[-1] : prop->buffer.space[prop->buffer.size-1];
+            char previous = nl.ptr > input.ptr ? nl.ptr[-1] : cx_strat(cx_bstr(&prop->buffer), -1);
             if (previous == continuation) {
                 // this nl is a line continuation, check the next newline
                 nl = cx_strchr(cx_strsubs(nl, 1), '\n');