diff --git a/quad.js b/quad.js
index e0c9f84..cfb977c 100644
--- a/quad.js
+++ b/quad.js
@@ -195,12 +195,15 @@ module.exports = function cluster (srcPoints, options) {
 			if (typeof options.d === 'number') d = [options.d, options.d]
 			else if (options.d.length) d = options.d
 
-			maxLevel = Math.max(
-				Math.ceil(-log2(Math.abs(d[0]) / (bounds[2] - bounds[0]))),
-				Math.ceil(-log2(Math.abs(d[1]) / (bounds[3] - bounds[1]))),
+			maxLevel = Math.min(
+				Math.max(
+					Math.ceil(-log2(Math.abs(d[0]) / (bounds[2] - bounds[0]))),
+					Math.ceil(-log2(Math.abs(d[1]) / (bounds[3] - bounds[1])))
+				),
 				maxLevel
 			)
 		}
+		maxLevel = Math.min(maxLevel, levels.length)
 
 		// return levels of details
 		if (options.lod) {
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 0ed4567..33ea534 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ t('quad: max depth', t => {
   t.end()
 })
 
-t('quad: lod method', t => {
+t.only('quad: lod method', t => {
   let points = [0,0, 1,1, 2,2, 3,3, 4,4, 5,5, 6,6, 7,7]
 
   let index = cluster(points)
 
+  t.deepEqual(index.range({lod: true, d: 1e-10}), [[0,1], [1,3], [3,6], [6,8]])
+  t.deepEqual(index.range({lod: true, level: 400}), [[0,1], [1,3], [3,6], [6,8]])
   t.deepEqual(index.range({lod: true}), [[0,1], [1,3], [3,6], [6,8]])
   t.deepEqual(index.range([1,6], {lod: true}), [[0,1], [1,2], [3,4], [6,7]])