diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/IncrementalTranscriptProjection.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/IncrementalTranscriptProjection.swift
index 54a2ec6..7f76c9d 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/IncrementalTranscriptProjection.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/IncrementalTranscriptProjection.swift
@@ -310,9 +310,11 @@ final class IncrementalTranscriptProjection {
 
         var runningMaxLast = -1
         var best = 0
-        for w in 1...min(cap, n - edgeLag) where w >= 1 {
-            runningMaxLast = max(runningMaxLast, maxLastAtFirst[w - 1])
-            if separatorOK[w - 1] && runningMaxLast < w { best = w }
+        if cap >= 1 {
+            for w in 1...cap {
+                runningMaxLast = max(runningMaxLast, maxLastAtFirst[w - 1])
+                if separatorOK[w - 1] && runningMaxLast < w { best = w }
+            }
         }
         return start + best
     }