diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
index 4aad7ec109..5e2cc5c84b 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ module.exports = RedisManager =
 				return callback(error)
 
 			jsonOps = appliedOps.map (op) -> JSON.stringify op
+			for op in jsonOps
+				if op.indexOf("\u0000") != -1
+					error = new Error("null bytes found in jsonOps")
+					logger.error err: error, doc_id: doc_id, jsonOps: jsonOps, error.message
+					return callback(error)
+
 			newDocLines = JSON.stringify(docLines)
 			if newDocLines.indexOf("\u0000") != -1
 				error = new Error("null bytes found in doc lines")
@@ -176,6 +182,10 @@ module.exports = RedisManager =
 				if error?
 					logger.error {err: error, doc_id}, error.message
 					return callback(error)
+				if ranges? and ranges.indexOf("\u0000") != -1
+					error = new Error("null bytes found in ranges")
+					logger.error err: error, doc_id: doc_id, ranges: ranges, error.message
+					return callback(error)
 				multi = rclient.multi()
 				multi.eval setScript, 1, keys.docLines(doc_id:doc_id), newDocLines  # index 0
 				multi.set    keys.docVersion(doc_id:doc_id), newVersion             # index 1