diff --git a/ReflexToQ3/includes/oopless-parser.cpp b/ReflexToQ3/includes/oopless-parser.cpp
index 54b0abb..13eb689 100644
--- a/ReflexToQ3/includes/oopless-parser.cpp
+++ b/ReflexToQ3/includes/oopless-parser.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void write(const vector<string> &entity,
     if (brushent) {
         // entity.begin() + i = vector that begins with KEYWORD_BRUSH
         // parsing functions will expect only the contents underneath the keyword.
-        move((entity.begin() + (i + 1)), entity.end(), brush.begin());
+        move((entity.begin() + i), entity.end(), brush.begin());
     }
     vector<string> converted = e.convert(entity);
     if (converted.empty()) {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void write(const vector<string> &entity,
         stringstream ss;
         string line;
         copy(brush.begin(), brush.end(), ostream_iterator<string>(ss, "\n"));
-        getline(ss, line);
+        getline(ss, line); // this both discards the brush keyboard and prevents a crash
         write(parse_brush<stringstream>(ss), fo, b);
     }
     fo << "}" << endl;