diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/zotero/android/database/requests/StoreItemsDbResponseRequest.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/zotero/android/database/requests/StoreItemsDbResponseRequest.kt
index fad8afc..b0faf1e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/zotero/android/database/requests/StoreItemsDbResponseRequest.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/zotero/android/database/requests/StoreItemsDbResponseRequest.kt
@@ -301,9 +301,19 @@ class StoreItemDbRequest(
                     field.key == FieldKeys.Item.title || field.baseKey == FieldKeys.Item.title -> {
                         item.baseTitle = value
                     }
+
                     field.key == FieldKeys.Item.note && item.rawType == ItemTypes.note -> {
-                        item.baseTitle = NotePreviewGenerator.preview(value) ?: ""
-                        item.htmlFreeContent = if(value.isEmpty()) null else value
+                        try {
+                            item.baseTitle = NotePreviewGenerator.preview(value) ?: ""
+                        } catch (e: Exception) {
+                            Timber.e(
+                                e,
+                                "StoreItemsDbResponseRequest: unable to set baseTitle after value was processed by NotePreviewGenerator. Original value = ${
+                                    value.take(210)
+                                }"
+                            )
+                        }
+                        item.htmlFreeContent = value.ifEmpty { null }
                     }
                     field.key == FieldKeys.Item.Annotation.comment && item.rawType == ItemTypes.annotation -> {
                         item.htmlFreeContent = if(value.isEmpty()) null else value.strippedRichTextTags
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/zotero/android/sync/NotePreviewGenerator.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/zotero/android/sync/NotePreviewGenerator.kt
index 87927e2..f159704 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/zotero/android/sync/NotePreviewGenerator.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/zotero/android/sync/NotePreviewGenerator.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class NotePreviewGenerator {
                 return null
             }
             var stripped = note.strippedHtmlTags.basicUnescape
-            stripped = stripped.replace("\t",  "")
+            stripped = stripped.replace("\t", "")
             stripped = stripped.split("\\r\\n|\\n|\\r").firstOrNull() ?: stripped
             stripped = stripped.trim()
 
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ class NotePreviewGenerator {
             if (stripped.length > maxCharacters) {
                 stripped = stripped.take(maxCharacters)
             }
+            if (stripped.isNotEmpty()) {
+                //Has a valid surrogate pair at the very end of the stripped text
+                if (stripped.hasSurrogatePairAt(stripped.length - 2)) {
+                    return stripped
+                }
+
+                val lastChar = stripped[stripped.length - 1]
+                //If last char is the surrogate without a pair
+                if (lastChar.isLowSurrogate() || lastChar.isHighSurrogate()) {
+                    return stripped.substring(0, stripped.length - 1)
+                }
+            }
             return stripped
         }
     }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildConfig.kt
index de0d1b7..bb47f8a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildConfig.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildConfig.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ object BuildConfig {
     const val compileSdkVersion = 34
     const val targetSdk = 34
 
-    val versionCode = 107 // Must be updated on every build
+    val versionCode = 108 // Must be updated on every build
     val version = Version(
         major = 1,
         minor = 0,