diff --git a/src/gfx/convert.cpp b/src/gfx/convert.cpp
index 300b9bb8..3d3a99b7 100644
--- a/src/gfx/convert.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx/convert.cpp
@@ -937,6 +937,11 @@ contained:;
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (palettes.size() > options.nbPalettes) {
+		// If the palette generation is wrong, other (dependee) operations are likely to be nonsensical, so fatal-error outright
+		fatal("Generated %zu palettes, over the maximum of %" PRIu8, palettes.size(), options.nbPalettes);
+	}
+
 	if (!options.palettes.empty()) {
 		outputPalettes(palettes);
 	}
diff --git a/src/gfx/main.cpp b/src/gfx/main.cpp
index 77d54e7d..ece311ce 100644
--- a/src/gfx/main.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx/main.cpp
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			}
 			break;
 		case 'n':
-			options.nbPalettes = 0; // TODO
+			options.nbPalettes = parseNumber(arg, "Number of palettes", 8);
 			break;
 		case 'o':
 			options.output = musl_optarg;