diff -r 4a10bc0ee80d -r 4e6e812c1d97 src/server/ucx/string.c
--- a/src/server/ucx/string.c	Thu Jun 20 13:27:07 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/server/ucx/string.c	Thu Jun 20 14:07:46 2013 +0200
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
 sstr_t sstrsubsl (sstr_t s, size_t start, size_t length) {
     sstr_t new_sstr;
-    if (start < 0 || start >= s.length || length < 0) {
+    if (start >= s.length) {
         return s;
     }
     if (length > s.length-start) {