diff --git a/internal/parser/ast.go b/internal/parser/ast.go
index c8e062c..131413a 100644
--- a/internal/parser/ast.go
+++ b/internal/parser/ast.go
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ func FindNodeAtPosition(tree *sitter.Tree, line, col int) *sitter.Node {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// Positions are 1-indexed; reject non-positive values so the uint32
+	// conversion below can't underflow to a huge Row/Column (line/col == 0
+	// would wrap to 4294967295). Reachable from the LSP-down AST fallback with
+	// caller-supplied coordinates.
+	if line < 1 || col < 1 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Convert to 0-indexed
 	point := sitter.Point{
 		Row:    uint32(line - 1), // #nosec G115 - line numbers are bounded by file size
diff --git a/internal/parser/ast_test.go b/internal/parser/ast_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58be543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/parser/ast_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestFindNodeAtPosition(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewRegistry()
+	content := []byte("package main\n\nfunc Hello() string { return \"hi\" }\n")
+	res, err := r.Parse(context.Background(), "test.go", content)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Run("nil tree", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if FindNodeAtPosition(nil, 3, 6) != nil {
+			t.Error("nil tree must return nil")
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Guard against the uint32 underflow: non-positive coordinates must return
+	// nil, never wrap to a huge Row/Column.
+	t.Run("non-positive coordinates", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, c := range []struct{ line, col int }{{0, 0}, {0, 5}, {3, 0}, {-1, 4}} {
+			if got := FindNodeAtPosition(res.Tree, c.line, c.col); got != nil {
+				t.Errorf("FindNodeAtPosition(tree, %d, %d) = %v, want nil", c.line, c.col, got.Type())
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("out of range line returns nil", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if got := FindNodeAtPosition(res.Tree, 99999, 1); got != nil {
+			t.Errorf("far-out-of-range line should return nil, got %v", got.Type())
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("valid position returns a node", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Line 3, column 6 lands inside "Hello".
+		got := FindNodeAtPosition(res.Tree, 3, 6)
+		if got == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected a node at a valid in-range position, got nil")
+		}
+	})
+}