diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/RefObjs.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/RefObjs.cs
index 8f6a22e4..57a59dee 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/RefObjs.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/RefObjs.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ namespace DataLoader
 						//    '\x15', rofstinfo.ROFSTLookup.GetRoValue(ROID.Substring(0, 12).ToUpper()), ro.ROUsageID, ROID, rodb.RODbID);
 
 						// TODO: NEED TO PASS IN ConvertCaret FORMAT FLAG
-						string roval = TextConvert.ReplaceUnicode(rofstinfo.ROFSTLookup.GetRoValue(ROID.Substring(0, 12).ToUpper()), conv_caret);
+						string roval = TextConvert.ConvertDOSSuperAndSubScripts(rofstinfo.ROFSTLookup.GetRoValue(ROID.Substring(0, 12).ToUpper()));
+						roval = TextConvert.ReplaceUnicode(roval, conv_caret);
 
 						//if (roval.Contains("\r") || roval.Contains("\n"))
 						//    Console.WriteLine("RO has new Lines");
diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/TextConvert.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/TextConvert.cs
index 9f1fb802..ade16792 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/TextConvert.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/TextConvert.cs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 			if (DoCaret) s2 = s2.Replace("^", @"\u916");
 			//s2 = s2.Replace("^", @"\u916");
 
-			s2 = ConvertDOSSuperAndSubScripts(s2);
+			//s2 = ConvertDOSSuperAndSubScripts(s2);
 
 			s2 = ConvertFortranFormatToScienctificNotation(s2);
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 					{
 						start++;
 					}
-					else if (str[cnt] == 'E' && cnt > tstr)
+					else if ((cnt < str.Length -1) && (str[cnt] == 'E') && (cnt > tstr))
 					{
 						nbytes = (cnt - tstr); // don't include the 'E'
 						outstr += str.Substring(tstr, nbytes);
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 			return rtn + cnt;
 		}
 
-		private static string ConvertDOSSuperAndSubScripts(string instr)
+		public static string ConvertDOSSuperAndSubScripts(string instr)
 		{
 			string outstr = "";
 			string tstr = instr;