diff --git a/include/swld.h b/include/swld.h
index ced6707..d47536f 100644
--- a/include/swld.h
+++ b/include/swld.h
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ SWORD_NAMESPACE_START
 class SWDLLEXPORT SWLD : public SWModule {
 protected:
 	mutable char *entkeytxt;
-	static void strongsPad(char *buf);
 	bool strongsPadding;
+
 public:
+
 	/** Initializes data for instance of SWLD
 	*/
 	SWLD(const char *imodname = 0, const char *imoddesc = 0,
@@ -65,6 +66,13 @@ public:
 	
 	virtual bool hasEntry(const SWKey *k) const;
 
+
+	/** Pads a key if (it-1) is 100% digits to 5 places allows for final to be alpha, e.g. '123B'
+	*
+	* @param[in,out] buffer to check and pad
+	*/
+	static void strongsPad(char *buffer);
+
 	// OPERATORS -----------------------------------------------------------------
 	
 	SWMODULE_OPERATORS
diff --git a/src/modules/common/rawstr.cpp b/src/modules/common/rawstr.cpp
index 79c7cf2..a5ac41c 100644
--- a/src/modules/common/rawstr.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/common/rawstr.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void RawStr::getIDXBuf(long ioffset, char **buf) const
  *		away		- number of entries before of after to jump
  *					(default = 0)
  *
- * RET: error status -1 general error; -2 new file
+ * RET: error status -1 general error; -2 new file; -3 inconsecutive index
  */
 
 signed char RawStr::findOffset(const char *ikey, __u32 *start, __u16 *size, long away, __u32 *idxoff) const
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ signed char RawStr::findOffset(const char *ikey, __u32 *start, __u16 *size, long
 			if (idxoff)
 				*idxoff = tryoff;
 
+			if(away > 0 && tmpStart < *start) {
+				SWLog::getSystemLog()->logError("inconsequtive index for module at path %s", path);
+				retval = -3;
+			}
+
 			*start = swordtoarch32(tmpStart);
 			*size  = swordtoarch16(tmpSize);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/common/rawstr4.cpp b/src/modules/common/rawstr4.cpp
index 9acbe4d..d14e11d 100644
--- a/src/modules/common/rawstr4.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/common/rawstr4.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void RawStr4::getIDXBuf(long ioffset, char **buf) const
  *		away		- number of entries before of after to jump
  *					(default = 0)
  *
- * RET: error status -1 general error; -2 new file
+ * RET: error status -1 general error; -2 new file; -3 inconsecutive index
  */
 
 signed char RawStr4::findOffset(const char *ikey, __u32 *start, __u32 *size, long away, __u32 *idxoff) const
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ signed char RawStr4::findOffset(const char *ikey, __u32 *start, __u32 *size, lon
 			if (idxoff)
 				*idxoff = tryoff;
 
+			if(away > 0 && tmpStart < *start) {
+				SWLog::getSystemLog()->logError("inconsequtive index for module at path %s", path);
+				retval = -3;
+			}
+
 			*start = swordtoarch32(tmpStart);
 			*size  = swordtoarch32(tmpSize);
 
diff --git a/utilities/imp2ld.cpp b/utilities/imp2ld.cpp
index a9745cf..cfd2154 100644
--- a/utilities/imp2ld.cpp
+++ b/utilities/imp2ld.cpp
@@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ void usage(const char *progName, const char *error = 0) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "  -a\t\t\t augment module if exists (default is to create new)\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "  -z\t\t\t use ZIP compression (default no compression)\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "  -Z\t\t\t use LZSS compression (default no compression)\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "  -o <output_path>\t where to write data files.\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "  -o <output_path>\t\t where to write data files.\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "  -4\t\t\t use 4 byte size entries (default is 2).\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "  -b <entry_count>\t\t compression block size (default 30 entries)\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "  -s\t\t\t case sensitive keys (default is not case sensitive)\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "  -P\t\t\t disable Strong's number padding check for digit entries. "
+		"Incorrect padding without StrongsPadding=false in you conf file will cause eternal loop.\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "'imp' format is a simple standard for importing data into SWORD modules.\n"
 		"Required is a plain text file containing $$$key lines followed by content.\n\n"
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	SWCompress *compressor = 0;
 	SWBuf compType         = "";
 	bool fourByteSize      = false;
+    bool paddingCheck      = true;
 
 	if (argc < 2) usage(*argv);
 
@@ -102,6 +105,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-4")) {
 			fourByteSize = true;
 		}
+        else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-P")) {
+            paddingCheck = false;
+        }
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-b")) {
 			if (i+1 < argc) {
 				blockCount = atoi(argv[++i]);
@@ -185,6 +191,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 				std::cout << keybuffer << std::endl;
 				*key = keybuffer.c_str();
 
+				if(paddingCheck) {
+					char *buf = new char [ strlen(*key) + 6 ];
+					strcpy(buf, *key);
+					SWLD::strongsPad(buf);
+					if(strcmp(buf, *key))
+						std::cout << "Warning: entry " << *key << " is a number but not padded correctly. ";
+				}
+
 				mod->setEntry(entbuffer.c_str(), entbuffer.size());
 				for (i = 0; i < links; i++) {
 					std::cout << "Linking: " << linkbuffer[i] << std::endl;
@@ -213,6 +227,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		std::cout << keybuffer << std::endl;
 		*key = keybuffer.c_str();
 
+				if(paddingCheck) {
+					char *buf = new char [ strlen(*key) + 6 ];
+					strcpy(buf, *key);
+					SWLD::strongsPad(buf);
+					if(strcmp(buf, *key))
+						std::cout << "Warning: entry " << *key << " is a number but not padded correctly. ";
+				}
 		mod->setEntry(entbuffer.c_str(), entbuffer.size());
 		for (i = 0; i < links; i++) {
 			std::cout << "Linking: " << linkbuffer[i] << std::endl;