diff --git a/m-string.h b/m-string.h
index b1d481de..8a9099a9 100644
--- a/m-string.h
+++ b/m-string.h
@@ -1070,6 +1070,10 @@ m_string_vprintf (m_string_t v, const char format[], va_list args)
   size_t alloc = m_string_capacity(v);
   size = vsnprintf (ptr, alloc, format, args);
   if (size > 0 && ((size_t) size+1 >= alloc) ) {
+    // Reset the string in a clean state in case of exception
+    // to keep the object in a clearable state
+    M_IF_EXCEPTION( m_str1ng_set_size(v, 0) );
+    M_IF_EXCEPTION( m_str1ng_get_cstr(v)[0] = 0 );
     // We have to realloc our string to fit the needed size
     ptr = m_str1ng_fit2size (v, (size_t) size + 1);
     alloc = m_string_capacity(v);
@@ -1116,6 +1120,10 @@ m_string_cat_vprintf (m_string_t v, const char format[], va_list args)
   size_t alloc    = m_string_capacity(v);
   size = vsnprintf (&ptr[old_size], alloc - old_size, format, args);
   if (size > 0 && (old_size+(size_t)size+1 >= alloc) ) {
+    // Reset the string in a clean state in case of exception
+    // to keep the object in a clearable state
+    M_IF_EXCEPTION( m_str1ng_set_size(v, old_size) );
+    M_IF_EXCEPTION( m_str1ng_get_cstr(v)[old_size] = 0 );
     // We have to realloc our string to fit the needed size
     ptr = m_str1ng_fit2size (v, old_size + (size_t) size + 1);
     alloc = m_string_capacity(v);
@@ -1178,7 +1186,7 @@ m_string_fgets(m_string_t v, FILE *f, m_string_fgets_t arg)
   bool retcode = false; /* Nothing has been read yet */
   /* alloc - size is very unlikely to be bigger than INT_MAX
     but fgets accepts an int as the size argument */
-  while (fgets(&ptr[size], (int) M_MIN( (alloc - size), (size_t) INT_MAX ), f) != NULL) {
+  while (fgets(&ptr[size], (int) M_MIN( (alloc - 1 - size), (size_t) INT_MAX ), f) != NULL) {
     retcode = true; /* Something has been read */
     // fgets doesn't return the number of characters read, so we need to count.
     size += strlen(&ptr[size]);
@@ -1192,6 +1200,10 @@ m_string_fgets(m_string_t v, FILE *f, m_string_fgets_t arg)
       M_STR1NG_CONTRACT(v);
       return retcode; /* Normal termination */
     } else if (ptr[size-1] != '\n' && !feof(f)) {
+      // Reset the string in a clean state in case of exception
+      // to keep the object in a clearable state
+      M_IF_EXCEPTION( m_str1ng_set_size(v, size) );
+      M_IF_EXCEPTION( m_str1ng_get_cstr(v)[size] = 0 );
       /* The string buffer is not big enough:
          increase it and continue reading */
       /* v cannot be stack alloc */