diff --git a/smalidea/src/main/antlr3/smalideaParser.g b/smalidea/src/main/antlr3/smalideaParser.g
index 8d04fbb9..e363674d 100644
--- a/smalidea/src/main/antlr3/smalideaParser.g
+++ b/smalidea/src/main/antlr3/smalideaParser.g
@@ -277,12 +277,12 @@ field
   }
   : FIELD_DIRECTIVE
     access_list
-    member_name COLON nonvoid_type_descriptor
+    member_name colon nonvoid_type_descriptor
     field_initializer?
-    ( END_FIELD_DIRECTIVE
+    ( end_field_directive
     | (ANNOTATION_DIRECTIVE)=> ( {annotationsMarker = mark();}
                                  ((ANNOTATION_DIRECTIVE)=> annotation)+
-                                 (END_FIELD_DIRECTIVE {classAnnotations = false;})?
+                                 (end_field_directive {classAnnotations = false;})?
                                )
     | /*epsilon*/
     )
@@ -300,11 +300,19 @@ field
     }
   };
   catch [RecognitionException re] {
-    annotationsMarker.drop();
+    if (annotationsMarker != null) {
+        annotationsMarker.drop();
+    }
     recover(input, re);
     reportError(marker, re, false);
   }
 
+colon
+  : COLON;
+
+end_field_directive
+  : END_FIELD_DIRECTIVE;
+
 field_initializer
   @init { Marker marker = mark(); }
   : EQUAL literal
diff --git a/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/impl/SmaliField.java b/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/impl/SmaliField.java
index a5384ae4..7e9254e1 100644
--- a/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/impl/SmaliField.java
+++ b/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/impl/SmaliField.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import org.jf.smalidea.psi.SmaliElementTypes;
 import org.jf.smalidea.psi.iface.SmaliModifierListOwner;
 import org.jf.smalidea.psi.stub.SmaliFieldStub;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-
 public class SmaliField extends SmaliStubBasedPsiElement<SmaliFieldStub> implements PsiField, SmaliModifierListOwner {
     public SmaliField(@NotNull SmaliFieldStub stub) {
         super(stub, SmaliElementTypes.FIELD);
@@ -55,14 +53,16 @@ public class SmaliField extends SmaliStubBasedPsiElement<SmaliFieldStub> impleme
         super(node);
     }
 
-    @Nonnull @Override public String getName() {
+    @Nullable @Override public String getName() {
         SmaliFieldStub stub = getStub();
         if (stub != null) {
             return stub.getName();
         }
 
         SmaliMemberName smaliMemberName = findChildByClass(SmaliMemberName.class);
-        assert smaliMemberName != null;
+        if (smaliMemberName == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
         return smaliMemberName.getText();
     }
 
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ public class SmaliField extends SmaliStubBasedPsiElement<SmaliFieldStub> impleme
             return factory.createTypeFromText(type, this);
         }
         PsiTypeElement typeElement = getTypeElement();
-        assert typeElement != null;
+        if (typeElement == null) {
+            // If we don't have a type (i.e. syntax error), use Object as a safe-ish fallback
+            PsiElementFactory factory = JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(getProject()).getElementFactory();
+            return factory.createTypeByFQClassName("java.lang.Object", getResolveScope());
+        }
         return getTypeElement().getType();
     }
 
diff --git a/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/stub/SmaliFieldStub.java b/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/stub/SmaliFieldStub.java
index 0e296243..9507c383 100644
--- a/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/stub/SmaliFieldStub.java
+++ b/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/stub/SmaliFieldStub.java
@@ -34,20 +34,21 @@ package org.jf.smalidea.psi.stub;
 import com.intellij.psi.stubs.StubBase;
 import com.intellij.psi.stubs.StubElement;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jf.smalidea.psi.SmaliElementTypes;
 import org.jf.smalidea.psi.impl.SmaliField;
 
 public class SmaliFieldStub extends StubBase<SmaliField> {
-    @NotNull private final String name;
+    @Nullable private final String name;
     @NotNull private final String type;
 
-    public SmaliFieldStub(StubElement parent, @NotNull String name, @NotNull String type) {
+    public SmaliFieldStub(StubElement parent, @Nullable String name, @NotNull String type) {
         super(parent,  SmaliElementTypes.FIELD);
         this.name = name;
         this.type = type;
     }
 
-    @NotNull public String getName() {
+    @Nullable public String getName() {
         return name;
     }
 
diff --git a/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/stub/element/SmaliFieldElementType.java b/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/stub/element/SmaliFieldElementType.java
index f97d40bb..f4542a5b 100644
--- a/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/stub/element/SmaliFieldElementType.java
+++ b/smalidea/src/main/java/org/jf/smalidea/psi/stub/element/SmaliFieldElementType.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.stubs.IndexSink;
 import com.intellij.psi.stubs.StubElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.stubs.StubInputStream;
 import com.intellij.psi.stubs.StubOutputStream;
+import com.intellij.util.io.StringRef;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jf.smalidea.psi.impl.SmaliField;
 import org.jf.smalidea.psi.stub.SmaliFieldStub;
@@ -73,7 +74,13 @@ public class SmaliFieldElementType extends SmaliStubElementType<SmaliFieldStub,
 
     @NotNull @Override
     public SmaliFieldStub deserialize(@NotNull StubInputStream dataStream, StubElement parentStub) throws IOException {
-        return new SmaliFieldStub(parentStub, dataStream.readName().getString(), dataStream.readName().getString());
+        StringRef nameRef = dataStream.readName();
+        String name = null;
+        if (nameRef != null) {
+            name = nameRef.getString();
+        }
+
+        return new SmaliFieldStub(parentStub, name, dataStream.readName().getString());
     }
 
     @Override public void indexStub(@NotNull SmaliFieldStub stub, @NotNull IndexSink sink) {
diff --git a/smalidea/testData/InvalidField.smalidea b/smalidea/testData/InvalidField.smalidea
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8eb11200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smalidea/testData/InvalidField.smalidea
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.field
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/smalidea/testData/InvalidField.txt b/smalidea/testData/InvalidField.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbcd5349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smalidea/testData/InvalidField.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+smali.FILE
+  SmaliClass(CLASS)
+    SmaliModifierList(MODIFIER_LIST)
+      <empty list>
+    SmaliExtendsList(EXTENDS_LIST)
+      <empty list>
+    SmaliImplementsList(IMPLEMENTS_LIST)
+      <empty list>
+    SmaliField(FIELD)
+      SmaliModifierList(MODIFIER_LIST)
+        <empty list>
+      PsiElement(FIELD_DIRECTIVE)('.field')
+      PsiElement(ACCESS_LIST)
+        <empty list>
+      PsiErrorElement:no viable alternative at input '<EOF>'
+        <empty list>
\ No newline at end of file