diff --git a/PROMS/XYPlots/XYPlots.cs b/PROMS/XYPlots/XYPlots.cs
index 1c6537f2..423c34f1 100644
--- a/PROMS/XYPlots/XYPlots.cs
+++ b/PROMS/XYPlots/XYPlots.cs
@@ -331,7 +331,9 @@ namespace XYPlots
 		private int getint()
 		{
 			int retval;
-			retval = Convert.ToInt32(NextPiece(), 10);
+			string np = NextPiece();
+			np = Regex.Replace(np, "[^0-9]", "");
+			retval = Convert.ToInt32(np, 10);
 			return retval;
 		}
 		// A 'special' isWhiteSpaceDelta, NextPieceDelta, and getdoubleDelta was added because Wolf Creek 
@@ -459,6 +461,7 @@ namespace XYPlots
 			// some data only had carriage return, replace these with cr/nl so that following code
 			// will work
 			Buff = Buff.Replace(">\r<", ">\r\n<");
+			Buff = Buff.Replace("><", ">\r\n<");
 			// some data had cr/cr/nl, change to cr/nl
 			Buff = Buff.Replace("\r\r\n", "\r\n");