diff --git a/bchain/coins/eth/erc20.go b/bchain/coins/eth/erc20.go
index 6903d1e4..6a7739b0 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/eth/erc20.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/eth/erc20.go
@@ -145,24 +145,26 @@ func parseErc20StringProperty(contractDesc bchain.AddressDescriptor, data string
 		n := parseErc20NumericProperty(contractDesc, data[64:128])
 		if n != nil {
 			l := n.Uint64()
-			if 2*int(l) <= len(data)-128 {
+			if l > 0 && 2*int(l) <= len(data)-128 {
 				b, err := hex.DecodeString(data[128 : 128+2*l])
 				if err == nil {
 					return string(b)
 				}
 			}
 		}
-	} else if len(data) == 64 {
-		// allow string properties as 32 bytes of UTF-8 data
-		b, err := hex.DecodeString(data)
-		if err == nil {
-			i := bytes.Index(b, []byte{0})
-			if i > 0 {
-				b = b[:i]
-			}
-			if utf8.Valid(b) {
-				return string(b)
-			}
+	}
+	// allow string properties as UTF-8 data
+	b, err := hex.DecodeString(data)
+	if err == nil {
+		i := bytes.Index(b, []byte{0})
+		if i > 32 {
+			i = 32
+		}
+		if i > 0 {
+			b = b[:i]
+		}
+		if utf8.Valid(b) {
+			return string(b)
 		}
 	}
 	if glog.V(1) {
diff --git a/bchain/coins/eth/erc20_test.go b/bchain/coins/eth/erc20_test.go
index 0a12738b..64f4236e 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/eth/erc20_test.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/eth/erc20_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ func TestErc20_parseErc20StringProperty(t *testing.T) {
 			args: "0x44616920537461626c65636f696e2076312e3020444444444444444444444444",
 			want: "Dai Stablecoin v1.0 DDDDDDDDDDDD",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "long",
+			args: "0x556e6973776170205631000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+			want: "Uniswap V1",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "garbage",
+			args: "0x2234880850896048596206002535425366538144616734015984380565810000",
+			want: "",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {