diff --git a/DataSpec/DNACommon/CMDL.hpp b/DataSpec/DNACommon/CMDL.hpp
index f4b14118e..7a0167c0b 100644
--- a/DataSpec/DNACommon/CMDL.hpp
+++ b/DataSpec/DNACommon/CMDL.hpp
@@ -188,10 +188,14 @@ class DLReader
         {
         case GX::DIRECT:
         case GX::INDEX8:
+            if ((m_cur - m_dl.get()) >= intptr_t(m_dlSize))
+                return 0;
             retval = *m_cur;
             ++m_cur;
             break;
         case GX::INDEX16:
+            if ((m_cur - m_dl.get() + 1) >= intptr_t(m_dlSize))
+                return 0;
             retval = HECL::SBig(*(atUint16*)m_cur);
             m_cur += 2;
             break;
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ public:
     }
     operator bool()
     {
-        return *m_cur && ((m_cur - m_dl.get()) < intptr_t(m_dlSize));
+        return ((m_cur - m_dl.get()) < intptr_t(m_dlSize)) && *m_cur;
     }
     GX::Primitive readPrimitive()
     {
@@ -215,7 +219,9 @@ public:
     }
     atUint16 readVertCount()
     {
-        return readVal(GX::INDEX16);
+        atUint16 retval = HECL::SBig(*(atUint16*)m_cur);
+        m_cur += 2;
+        return retval;
     }
     struct DLPrimVert
     {
diff --git a/DataSpec/DNACommon/PAK.hpp b/DataSpec/DNACommon/PAK.hpp
index 08a59c841..b11c778e8 100644
--- a/DataSpec/DNACommon/PAK.hpp
+++ b/DataSpec/DNACommon/PAK.hpp
@@ -348,9 +348,10 @@ public:
                 if (extractor.weight != w)
                     continue;
                 
-                HECL::SystemStringView bestName(getBestEntryName(*item.second));
+                std::string bestName = getBestEntryName(*item.second);
+                HECL::SystemStringView bestNameView(bestName);
                 float thisFac = ++count / fsz;
-                progress(bestName.sys_str().c_str(), thisFac);
+                progress(bestNameView.sys_str().c_str(), thisFac);
 
                 HECL::ProjectPath cooked = getCooked(item.second);
                 if (force || cooked.getPathType() == HECL::ProjectPath::PT_NONE)
diff --git a/hecl b/hecl
index 168429814..0935dad69 160000
--- a/hecl
+++ b/hecl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 168429814320c39b063cfee37c85261dc01c3305
+Subproject commit 0935dad69fb8ac18556d280b9886aad11fafec78