diff --git a/src/common/positions.test.ts b/src/common/positions.test.ts
index ebd463851..ef506543b 100644
--- a/src/common/positions.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/positions.test.ts
@@ -59,5 +59,14 @@ describe('Range', () => {
       const mergedRanges = Range.simplify([range1, range2, range3, range4]);
       expect(mergedRanges.join(', ')).to.equal('Range[0:0 -> 0:5], Range[0:6 -> 0:7]');
     });
+
+    it('should keep the outer range when merging contained ranges', () => {
+      const range1 = new Range(new Base0Position(0, 0), new Base0Position(0, 10));
+      const range2 = new Range(new Base0Position(0, 2), new Base0Position(0, 5));
+      const range3 = new Range(new Base0Position(0, 7), new Base0Position(0, 8));
+      const range4 = new Range(new Base0Position(0, 0), new Base0Position(0, 3));
+      const mergedRanges = Range.simplify([range1, range2, range3, range4]);
+      expect(mergedRanges.join(', ')).to.equal('Range[0:0 -> 0:10]');
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/common/positions.ts b/src/common/positions.ts
index 838cb2103..234f14c45 100644
--- a/src/common/positions.ts
+++ b/src/common/positions.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ export class Range {
     for (let i = 1; i < sortedRanges.length; i++) {
       const nextRange = sortedRanges[i];
       if (currentRange.end.compare(nextRange.begin) >= 0) {
-        currentRange = new Range(currentRange.begin, nextRange.end);
+        if (nextRange.end.compare(currentRange.end) > 0) {
+          currentRange = new Range(currentRange.begin, nextRange.end);
+        }
       } else {
         mergedRanges.push(currentRange);
         currentRange = nextRange;