diff --git a/src/builtin/string.rs b/src/builtin/string.rs
index d9f6c17..034f6c7 100644
--- a/src/builtin/string.rs
+++ b/src/builtin/string.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ pub(crate) fn register(f: &mut BTreeMap<String, Builtin>) {
         let str_len = string.len();
         let start = match arg!(args, 1, "start-at").eval() {
             Value::Dimension(n, Unit::None) if n.to_integer().is_positive() => n.to_integer().to_usize().unwrap(),
+            Value::Dimension(n, Unit::None) if n == Number::from(0) => 1_usize,
             Value::Dimension(n, Unit::None) => (BigInt::from(str_len + 1) + n.to_integer()).to_usize().unwrap(),
             Value::Dimension(..) => todo!("$start: Expected ___ to have no units."),
             _ => todo!("$start-at: ____ is not a number")
diff --git a/tests/strings.rs b/tests/strings.rs
index 00f6872..e27b01b 100644
--- a/tests/strings.rs
+++ b/tests/strings.rs
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@ test!(
     "a {\n  color: str-slice(abcd, 2, -2);\n}\n",
     "a {\n  color: bc;\n}\n"
 );
+test!(
+    str_slice_start_0,
+    "a {\n  color: str-slice(cde, 0);\n}\n",
+    "a {\n  color: cde;\n}\n"
+);