Support station for supporting a conveyor belt of a belt conveyor system, with several support rollers rotatably held on a support frame, and an anti-trap guard with several anti-trap guard sections, wherein in each case an anti-trap guard section is arranged adjacent to a support roller and at a distance from the conveyor belt, wherein each anti-trap guard section is held on a support, wherein in each case a flexible intermediate section is arranged between ends of two adjacent anti-trap guard sections and connects these flexibly with each other, wherein at least one of the supports is adjustable and thereby the distance of the anti-trap guard section that is held on it from the conveyor belt and a distance of at least one intermediate section from the conveyor belt can be set, as well as a method for adjustment.