diff --git a/source/marathon/defl.rs b/source/marathon/defl.rs
index ebdcf24..89b07cc 100644
--- a/source/marathon/defl.rs
+++ b/source/marathon/defl.rs
@@ -99,12 +99,10 @@ pub fn load_deflate(b: &[u8]) -> ResultS<(usize, Vec<u8>)>
    Ok((p / 8, v))
 }
 
-fn stream_deflate(v: &mut Vec<u8>, b: &[u8], p: usize) -> ResultS<usize>
+fn stream_deflate(v: &mut Vec<u8>, b: &[u8], mut p: usize) -> ResultS<usize>
 {
-   let bfinal = read_bits_l(b, p,     1)?;
-   let btype  = read_bits_l(b, p + 1, 2)?;
-
-   let p = p + 3;
+   let bfinal = read_bits_l(b, p, 1)?; p += 1;
+   let btype  = read_bits_l(b, p, 2)?; p += 2;
 
    let p = match btype {
       0b10 => stream_dynamic(v, b, p)?,
@@ -177,30 +175,21 @@ fn stream_dynamic(v: &mut Vec<u8>, b: &[u8], mut p: usize) -> ResultS<usize>
             let lst = alphabet[i - 1];
             p += 2;
 
-            for _ in 0..len {
-               alphabet[i] = lst;
-               i += 1;
-            }
+            for _ in 0..len {alphabet[i] = lst; i += 1;}
          }
          17 => {
             // repeat '0' 3-10 times
             let len = usize::from(read_bits_l(b, p, 3)? as u8 + 3);
             p += 3;
 
-            for _ in 0..len {
-               alphabet[i] = 0;
-               i += 1;
-            }
+            for _ in 0..len {alphabet[i] = 0; i += 1;}
          }
          18 => {
             // repeat '0' 11-138 times
             let len = usize::from(read_bits_l(b, p, 7)? as u8 + 11);
             p += 7;
 
-            for _ in 0..len {
-               alphabet[i] = 0;
-               i += 1;
-            }
+            for _ in 0..len {alphabet[i] = 0; i += 1;}
          }
          _ => {
             bail!("bad symbol in alphabet");
@@ -221,15 +210,28 @@ fn stream_dynamic(v: &mut Vec<u8>, b: &[u8], mut p: usize) -> ResultS<usize>
    let dst_sta = len_end;
    let dst_end = dst_sta + hdist;
 
+   // build the length and distance tables from this information
    let table_len = HuffmanTable::new(&alphabet[len_sta..len_end])?;
    let table_dst = HuffmanTable::new(&alphabet[dst_sta..dst_end])?;
 
    output_tables(v, b, p, table_len, table_dst)
 }
 
-fn stream_s_table(_v: &mut Vec<u8>, _b: &[u8], _p: usize) -> ResultS<usize>
+fn stream_s_table(v: &mut Vec<u8>, b: &[u8], p: usize) -> ResultS<usize>
 {
-   unimplemented!()
+   let mut len = [0; 288];
+
+   for len in len.iter_mut().take(144)           {*len = 8;}
+   for len in len.iter_mut().take(256).skip(144) {*len = 9;}
+   for len in len.iter_mut().take(280).skip(256) {*len = 7;}
+   for len in len.iter_mut().take(280).skip(288) {*len = 8;}
+
+   let dst = [5; 30];
+
+   let table_len = HuffmanTable::new(&len)?;
+   let table_dst = HuffmanTable::new(&dst)?;
+
+   output_tables(v, b, p, table_len, table_dst)
 }
 
 fn stream_literal(v: &mut Vec<u8>, b: &[u8], p: usize) -> ResultS<usize>
@@ -280,6 +282,7 @@ fn output_tables(v: &mut Vec<u8>,
 
    match sym.cmp(&256) {
       Ordering::Less => {
+         // direct byte
          v.push(sym as u8);
          output_tables(v, b, p, table_len, table_dst)
       }
@@ -287,36 +290,41 @@ fn output_tables(v: &mut Vec<u8>,
          Ok(p)
       }
       Ordering::Greater => {
+         // this is a <len, dst> pair
          let sym = sym - 257;
 
          if sym > 29 {
-            Err(err_msg("invalid fixed code"))
-         } else {
-            let sym = usize::from(sym);
-
-            let bits = LEN_EXTRA_BITS[sym];
-            let leng = LEN_BASE[sym] + read_bits_l(b, p, bits)? as usize;
-            p += usize::from(bits);
-
-            let (bits, sym) = table_dst.decode(b, p)?;
-            p += bits;
-
-            let sym = usize::from(sym);
-
-            let bits = DST_EXTRA_BITS[sym];
-            let dist = DST_BASE[sym] + read_bits_l(b, p, bits)? as usize;
-            p += usize::from(bits);
-
-            if dist > v.len() {
-               bail!("bad distance");
-            }
-
-            for _ in 0..leng {
-               v.push(v[v.len() - dist]);
-            }
-
-            output_tables(v, b, p, table_len, table_dst)
+            bail!("invalid fixed code");
          }
+
+         let sym = usize::from(sym);
+
+         // first get the actual length and any extra bits it may have
+         let bits = LEN_EXTRA_BITS[sym];
+         let leng = LEN_BASE[sym] + read_bits_l(b, p, bits)? as usize;
+         p += usize::from(bits);
+
+         // decode the distance with its alphabet
+         let (bits, sym) = table_dst.decode(b, p)?;
+         p += bits;
+
+         let sym = usize::from(sym);
+
+         // get the actual distance and any extra bits it may have
+         let bits = DST_EXTRA_BITS[sym];
+         let dist = DST_BASE[sym] + read_bits_l(b, p, bits)? as usize;
+         p += usize::from(bits);
+
+         if dist > v.len() {
+            bail!("bad distance");
+         }
+
+         // copy bytes from earlier
+         for _ in 0..leng {
+            v.push(v[v.len() - dist]);
+         }
+
+         output_tables(v, b, p, table_len, table_dst)
       }
    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/defl.rs b/tests/defl.rs
index f73f402..80936ab 100644
--- a/tests/defl.rs
+++ b/tests/defl.rs
@@ -46,4 +46,13 @@ fn defl_must_not_succeed()
    assert!(defl::load_gzip_header(include_bytes!("data/gzbad7.bin")).is_err());
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[allow(unused_must_use)]
+fn defl_must_not_panic()
+{
+   for inp in &RANDOM {
+      defl::load_deflate(inp);
+   }
+}
+
 // EOF