diff --git a/src/dynamics/island_manager.rs b/src/dynamics/island_manager.rs
index 8a4fa45..92c9dab 100644
--- a/src/dynamics/island_manager.rs
+++ b/src/dynamics/island_manager.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl IslandManager {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn num_islands(&self) -> usize {
-        self.active_islands.len() - 1
+        self.active_islands.len().saturating_sub(1)
     }
 
     /// Update this data-structure after one or multiple rigid-bodies have been removed for `bodies`.
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ impl IslandManager {
         self.active_islands.clear();
         self.active_islands.push(0);
 
-        // The max avoid underflow when the stack is empty.
-        let mut island_marker = self.stack.len().max(1) - 1;
+        // saturating_sub(1) prevents underflow when the stack is empty.
+        let mut island_marker = self.stack.len().saturating_sub(1);
 
         // NOTE: islands containing a body with non-standard number of iterations won’t
         //       be merged with another island, unless another island with standard
diff --git a/src/dynamics/solver/interaction_groups.rs b/src/dynamics/solver/interaction_groups.rs
index 521b7a2..35e8c50 100644
--- a/src/dynamics/solver/interaction_groups.rs
+++ b/src/dynamics/solver/interaction_groups.rs
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ impl ParallelInteractionGroups {
         let range = self.groups[i]..self.groups[i + 1];
         &self.sorted_interactions[range]
     }
+
     pub fn num_groups(&self) -> usize {
-        self.groups.len() - 1
+        self.groups.len().saturating_sub(1)
     }
 
     pub fn group_interactions<Interaction: PairInteraction>(