diff --git a/BezierKit/BezierKitTests/PathTests.swift b/BezierKit/BezierKitTests/PathTests.swift
index 4c175f7e..71ef0b57 100644
--- a/BezierKit/BezierKitTests/PathTests.swift
+++ b/BezierKit/BezierKitTests/PathTests.swift
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class PathTests: XCTestCase {
         cgPath.move(to: CGPoint(x: 0.0, y: 1.0))
         cgPath.addQuadCurve(to: CGPoint(x: 1.0, y: 0.0), control: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0)) // quad curve has derivative exactly horizontal at t=1
         cgPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 2.0, y: -1.0e-5))
-        cgPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 2.0, y: 1))
+        cgPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 4.0, y: 1))
         cgPath.closeSubpath()
         let path = Path(cgPath: cgPath)
         XCTAssertTrue(path.contains(CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0.5)))
diff --git a/BezierKit/Library/PathComponent.swift b/BezierKit/Library/PathComponent.swift
index 47b32771..e12b1c95 100644
--- a/BezierKit/Library/PathComponent.swift
+++ b/BezierKit/Library/PathComponent.swift
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ public final class PathComponent: NSObject, NSCoding {
     }
     
     internal func windingCount(at point: CGPoint) -> Int {
+        guard self.boundingBox.contains(point) else {
+            return 0
+        }
         // TODO: assumes element.normal() is always defined, which unfortunately it's not (eg degenerate curves as points, cusps, zero derivatives at the end of curves)
         let line = LineSegment(p0: point, p1: CGPoint(x: self.boundingBox.min.x - self.boundingBox.size.x, y: point.y)) // horizontal line from point out of bounding box
         let delta = line.p0 - line.p1