diff --git a/record.py b/record.py
index e84e10e..f3bf52f 100644
--- a/record.py
+++ b/record.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class RecordCollection():
                     raise FileParsingError(f"error parsing '{i}'")
 
             else:
+                if i[-1] != ":":
+                    raise FileParsingError(f"colon must be on last character of '{i}'")
                 try:
                     name = i.split(' ')[1][0:-1]
                 except IndexError: