diff --git a/cronexpr_parse.go b/cronexpr_parse.go
index a9fe746..27683c6 100644
--- a/cronexpr_parse.go
+++ b/cronexpr_parse.go
@@ -438,6 +438,9 @@ func genericFieldParse(s string, desc fieldDescriptor) ([]*cronDirective, error)
 			directive.first = desc.atoi(snormal[pairs[2]:pairs[3]])
 			directive.last = desc.atoi(snormal[pairs[4]:pairs[5]])
 			directive.step = 1
+			if directive.last < directive.first {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid interval %s (normalized to %d-%d)", snormal, directive.first, directive.last)
+			}
 			directives = append(directives, &directive)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/cronexpr_test.go b/cronexpr_test.go
index 0af28c4..8bf8d4d 100644
--- a/cronexpr_test.go
+++ b/cronexpr_test.go
@@ -305,6 +305,19 @@ func TestInterval_Interval60Issue(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Issue: https://github.com/aptible/supercronic/issues/63
+func TestRange_OutOfOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := Parse("45 4 *  *  6-7")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("parsing with range 6-7 should return err")
+	}
+
+	_, err = Parse("45 4 *  *  6-5")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("parsing with range 6-5 should return err")
+	}
+}
+
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 func TestTooManyFields(t *testing.T) {