diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index d89080a..fe1b714 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "LicenseCheck"
 uuid = "726dbf0d-6eb6-41af-b36c-cd770e0f00cc"
 authors = ["Eric P. Hanson"]
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 
 [deps]
 licensecheck_jll = "4ecb348a-8b88-51ea-b912-4c460483ee91"
diff --git a/src/find_licenses.jl b/src/find_licenses.jl
index 4054d09..3172e30 100644
--- a/src/find_licenses.jl
+++ b/src/find_licenses.jl
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ function license_table(dir, names; validate_strings = true, validate_paths = tru
         path = joinpath(dir, lic)
         validate_paths && (isfile(path) || continue)
         text = read(path, String)
-        validate_strings && (isvalid(String, text) || continue)
+        # In licensecheck we're going to convert the string to a `Cstring` with
+        # `unsafe_convert`, so the string can't have any NUL character
+        validate_strings && ((isvalid(String, text) && !Base.containsnul(text)) || continue)
         lc = licensecheck(text)
         if lc.license_file_percent_covered > 0
             push!(table, (; license_filename=lic, lc...))
diff --git a/test/nul_string_dir/LICENSE b/test/nul_string_dir/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e2aae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nul_string_dir/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2021 Eric P. Hanson
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/test/nul_string_dir/file_with_nul_in_the_middle.txt b/test/nul_string_dir/file_with_nul_in_the_middle.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5b1922
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/nul_string_dir/file_with_nul_in_the_middle.txt differ
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 031e171..5f69e1a 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -107,4 +107,12 @@ dorian_gray = """
         results = find_licenses_by_list(joinpath(@__DIR__, ".."))
         @test fl ∈ results
     end
+
+    @testset "AnalyzeRegistry#14" begin
+        fl = find_license("nul_string_dir")
+        @test fl.license_filename == "LICENSE"
+        @test fl.licenses_found == ["MIT"]
+        @test fl.license_file_percent_covered > 90
+        @test_throws ArgumentError LicenseCheck.license_table("nul_string_dir", ["file_with_nul_in_the_middle.txt"]; validate_strings = false)
+    end
 end