diff --git a/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalBuffer.java b/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalBuffer.java
index 4a74ee6f1d..df57bd3629 100644
--- a/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalBuffer.java
+++ b/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalBuffer.java
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ public TerminalRow allocateFullLineIfNecessary(int row) {
     }
 
     public void setChar(int column, int row, int codePoint, long style) {
-        if (row >= mScreenRows || column >= mColumns)
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("row=" + row + ", column=" + column + ", mScreenRows=" + mScreenRows + ", mColumns=" + mColumns);
+        if (row  < 0 || row >= mScreenRows || column < 0 || column >= mColumns)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("TerminalBuffer.setChar(): row=" + row + ", column=" + column + ", mScreenRows=" + mScreenRows + ", mColumns=" + mColumns);
         row = externalToInternalRow(row);
         allocateFullLineIfNecessary(row).setChar(column, codePoint, style);
     }
diff --git a/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalEmulator.java b/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalEmulator.java
index 8efb949bd2..975c1a5abb 100644
--- a/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalEmulator.java
+++ b/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalEmulator.java
@@ -2332,7 +2332,14 @@ private void emitCodePoint(int codePoint) {
         }
 
         int offsetDueToCombiningChar = ((displayWidth <= 0 && mCursorCol > 0 && !mAboutToAutoWrap) ? 1 : 0);
-        mScreen.setChar(mCursorCol - offsetDueToCombiningChar, mCursorRow, codePoint, getStyle());
+        int column = mCursorCol - offsetDueToCombiningChar;
+
+        // Fix TerminalRow.setChar() ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException index=-1 exception reported
+        // The offsetDueToCombiningChar would never be 1 if mCursorCol was 0 to get column/index=-1,
+        // so was mCursorCol changed after the offsetDueToCombiningChar conditional by another thread?
+        // TODO: Check if there are thread synchronization issues with mCursorCol and mCursorRow, possibly causing others bugs too.
+        if (column < 0) column = 0;
+        mScreen.setChar(column, mCursorRow, codePoint, getStyle());
 
         if (autoWrap && displayWidth > 0)
             mAboutToAutoWrap = (mCursorCol == mRightMargin - displayWidth);
diff --git a/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalRow.java b/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalRow.java
index cefdd4f73f..cbeaf52243 100644
--- a/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalRow.java
+++ b/terminal-emulator/src/main/java/com/termux/terminal/TerminalRow.java
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ public void clear(long style) {
 
     // https://github.com/steven676/Android-Terminal-Emulator/commit/9a47042620bec87617f0b4f5d50568535668fe26
     public void setChar(int columnToSet, int codePoint, long style) {
+        if (columnToSet  < 0 || columnToSet >= mStyle.length)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("TerminalRow.setChar(): columnToSet=" + columnToSet + ", codePoint=" + codePoint + ", style=" + style);
+
         mStyle[columnToSet] = style;
 
         final int newCodePointDisplayWidth = WcWidth.width(codePoint);