diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38ec151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ruby 3.0.3
diff --git a/lib/combine_pdf/parser.rb b/lib/combine_pdf/parser.rb
index 27c06d4..a3a0d69 100644
--- a/lib/combine_pdf/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/combine_pdf/parser.rb
@@ -363,7 +363,11 @@ def _parse_
           # advance by the publshed stream length (if any)
           old_pos = @scanner.pos
           if(out.last.is_a?(Hash) && out.last[:Length].is_a?(Integer) && out.last[:Length] > 2)
-            @scanner.pos += out.last[:Length] - 2
+            begin
+              @scanner.pos += out.last[:Length] - 2
+            rescue RangeError
+              # do nothing
+            end
           end
 
           # the following was dicarded because some PDF files didn't have an EOL marker as required