diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/FloatList.java b/core/src/processing/data/FloatList.java
index 9921cb326..b379bf0b2 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/FloatList.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/FloatList.java
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ public class FloatList implements Iterable<Float> {
    * @brief Get an entry at a particular index
    */
   public float get(int index) {
+    if (index >= count) {
+      throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+    }
     return data[index];
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/IntList.java b/core/src/processing/data/IntList.java
index 78775be3f..ea2d74af7 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/IntList.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/IntList.java
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ public class IntList implements Iterable<Integer> {
    * @brief Get an entry at a particular index
    */
   public int get(int index) {
+    if (index >= this.count) {
+      throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+    }
     return data[index];
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java b/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java
index a407265a9..7811ee014 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ public class StringList implements Iterable<String> {
    * @brief Get an entry at a particular index
    */
   public String get(int index) {
+    if (index >= count) {
+      throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+    }
     return data[index];
   }