diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java b/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java
index 3507545b6..561db6ab0 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/StringList.java
@@ -150,9 +150,8 @@ public class StringList implements Iterable<String> {
     if (count == 0) {
       throw new RuntimeException("Can't call pop() on an empty list");
     }
-    count--;  // back up to the last entry
-    String value = get(count);
-    data[count] = null;  // avoid leak
+    String value = get(count-1);
+    data[--count] = null;  // avoid leak
     return value;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 40b785520..041dcb316 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-0235 (3.0a7)
+0235 (3.0a8)
+X pop() was not implemented correctly
 
 
 high priority