Well, that was my exact thoughts too, but I've given it a full hunting season and I haven't had one problem with it. Anything that snags on it, will snag on the cables. It's a super easy fix too, it's just d-loop material, but there's a guy on Archerytalk that I think is selling served rope for them. It is by far the easiest fall away setup ever. Where it is a spring tension rest, if that rope happens to break, it will stay in the up position. Which I would almost say you could still make a 20yd shot.