diff --git a/satrs-core/src/seq_count.rs b/satrs-core/src/seq_count.rs
index 29f5f25..ff27168 100644
--- a/satrs-core/src/seq_count.rs
+++ b/satrs-core/src/seq_count.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ impl SequenceCountProvider<u16> for SimpleSeqCountProvider {
     }
 
     fn increment(&mut self) {
+        if self.seq_count == u16::MAX {
+            self.seq_count = 0;
+            return;
+        }
         self.seq_count += 1;
     }
 }
diff --git a/satrs-example/src/bin/test.rs b/satrs-example/src/bin/test.rs
index d88c902..41fb8e3 100644
--- a/satrs-example/src/bin/test.rs
+++ b/satrs-example/src/bin/test.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(dead_code)]
+
 use crossbeam_channel::{bounded, Receiver, Sender};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU16, Ordering};
 use std::thread;
 use zerocopy::{AsBytes, FromBytes, NetworkEndian, Unaligned, U16};
 
@@ -52,4 +54,13 @@ fn main() {
     let jh1 = thread::spawn(|| {});
     jh0.join().unwrap();
     jh1.join().unwrap();
+    //let mut max_val: u16 = u16::MAX;
+    //max_val += 1;
+    //println!("Max val: {}", max_val);
+    let atomic_u16: AtomicU16 = AtomicU16::new(u16::MAX);
+    atomic_u16.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    println!(
+        "atomic after overflow: {}",
+        atomic_u16.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+    );
 }