diff --git a/gameview.py b/gameview.py
index d123820..5f7f2f8 100644
--- a/gameview.py
+++ b/gameview.py
@@ -2970,8 +2970,9 @@ class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
 
         if "y_offset" in self.features: # AO 2.9
             keyword = "<and>" if "<and>" in self.m_chatmessage[SELF_OFFSET] else "&" # i don't think it's hdf's fault but this is still ridiculous
-            hor_offset = int(self.m_chatmessage[SELF_OFFSET].split(keyword)[0])
-            vert_offset = int(self.m_chatmessage[SELF_OFFSET].split(keyword)[1]) if len(self.m_chatmessage[SELF_OFFSET].split(keyword)) > 1 else 0
+            offset = self.m_chatmessage[SELF_OFFSET].split(keyword)
+            hor_offset = int(offset[0]) if offset[0] else 0
+            vert_offset = int(offset[1]) if len(offset) > 1 else 0
         else:
             hor_offset = int(self.m_chatmessage[SELF_OFFSET])