diff --git a/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java b/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
index 0504c26..9b1e3c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
+++ b/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ public abstract class Strman {
         validate(end, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, () -> "'end' should be not null.");
 
         String[] parts = value.split(end);
-        return Arrays.stream(parts).map(subPart -> subPart.substring(subPart.indexOf(start) + start.length()))
+        return Arrays.stream(parts)
+                .filter(subPart -> subPart.contains(start))
+                .map(subPart -> subPart.substring(subPart.indexOf(start) + start.length()))
                 .toArray(String[]::new);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTests.java b/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTests.java
index d2db29b..8ab7ffe 100644
--- a/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTests.java
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ public class StrmanTests {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void between_shouldReturnFullStringWhenStartAndEndDoesNotExist() throws Exception {
-        assertThat(between("[abc][def]", "{", "}"), arrayContaining("[abc][def]"));
-        assertThat(between("", "{", "}"), arrayContaining(""));
+    public void between_shouldReturnEmptyArrayWhenStartAndEndDoesNotExist() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(between("[abc][def]", "{", "}").length, equalTo(0));
+        assertThat(between("", "{", "}").length, equalTo(0));
     }
 
     @Test