diff --git a/domain/page/page.go b/domain/page/page.go
index 6d93a646..3b8a57c5 100644
--- a/domain/page/page.go
+++ b/domain/page/page.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 // LevelizeDocument generates level and sequence numbers for all document sections
 func (h *Handler) LevelizeDocument(ctx domain.RequestContext, documentID string) {
-	method := "page.Levelize"
+	method := "page.LevelizeDocument"
 	var err error
 	ctx.Transaction.Commit()
 
diff --git a/model/page/numbering.go b/model/page/numbering.go
index 1cac8951..976f96dd 100644
--- a/model/page/numbering.go
+++ b/model/page/numbering.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func Numberize(pages []Page) {
 
 	for i, p := range pages {
 		// handle bad data
-		if p.Level == 0 {
+		if p.Level == 0 || (i == 0 && p.Level > 1) {
 			p.Level = 1
 		}
 
diff --git a/model/page/numbering_test.go b/model/page/numbering_test.go
index a8f62839..29e6013b 100644
--- a/model/page/numbering_test.go
+++ b/model/page/numbering_test.go
@@ -145,6 +145,34 @@ func TestNumberize4(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Tests that numbering does not crash because of bad data
+func TestNumberize5(t *testing.T) {
+	pages := []Page{}
+
+	// corruption starts at the top with sequence 0
+	pages = append(pages, Page{Level: 2, Sequence: 0})
+	pages = append(pages, Page{Level: 1, Sequence: 1})
+	pages = append(pages, Page{Level: 2, Sequence: 4})
+	pages = append(pages, Page{Level: 2, Sequence: 8})
+	pages = append(pages, Page{Level: 2, Sequence: 16})
+
+	Numberize(pages)
+
+	expecting := []string{
+		"1",
+		"2",
+		"2.1",
+		"2.2",
+		"2.3",
+	}
+
+	for i, p := range pages {
+		if p.Numbering != expecting[i] {
+			t.Errorf("(Test 4) Position %d: expecting %s got %s\n", i, expecting[i], p.Numbering)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Tests that good level data is not messed with
 func TestLevelize1(t *testing.T) {
 	pages := []Page{}