diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/secuso/privacyfriendlysudoku/controller/helper/GameInfoContainer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/secuso/privacyfriendlysudoku/controller/helper/GameInfoContainer.java
index 43ed14e..9365a39 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/secuso/privacyfriendlysudoku/controller/helper/GameInfoContainer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/secuso/privacyfriendlysudoku/controller/helper/GameInfoContainer.java
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ public class GameInfoContainer {
         fixedValues = new int[s.length()];
         for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
                fixedValues[i] = Symbol.getValue(Symbol.SaveFormat, String.valueOf(s.charAt(i)))+1;
+               if (gameType != GameType.Unspecified && gameType != null) {
+                   if (fixedValues[i] < 0 || fixedValues[i] > gameType.getSize()) {
+                       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Fixed values must each be smaller than " + gameType.getSize() + ".");
+                   }
+               }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/secuso/privacyfriendlysudoku/ui/GameActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/secuso/privacyfriendlysudoku/ui/GameActivity.java
index bf6e48b..3ea9f1b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/secuso/privacyfriendlysudoku/ui/GameActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/secuso/privacyfriendlysudoku/ui/GameActivity.java
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ public class GameActivity extends BaseActivity implements NavigationView.OnNavig
                         GameType.Unspecified, new int [boardSize], new int [boardSize], new boolean [boardSize][sectionSize]);
 
                 try {
-                    container.parseFixedValues(input);
                     container.parseGameType("Default_" + sectionSize + "x" + sectionSize);
+                    container.parseFixedValues(input);
 
                     difficultyCheck = new QQWing(container.getGameType(), GameDifficulty.Unspecified);
                     difficultyCheck.setRecordHistory(true);