diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
index 62ed8aab..ea8c0102 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 			//	||`-----------  ALWAYS leave blank
 			//	|`------------  Step Section Header marker
 			//	`-------------  Internal section number (starts at A)
-
+			char cbittst = sequence.PadRight(10)[8];
 			if (step.Substring(1, 1) == "0")
 			{
 				// if this section has the original edit section flag (sequence[2]) save the id.
@@ -449,16 +449,10 @@ namespace DataLoader
 				{
 					ci.AddItem("Step", "LnkEnh", "Y");
 				}
-				char cbittst = sequence.PadRight(10)[8];
 				if (cbittst == ' ')
 					cbittst = '\0';
 				else
 				{
-					// determine if TOC element (!exist = N)
-					if ((cbittst & TOC) > 1)
-					{
-						ci.AddItem("Section", "TOC", "Y");
-					}
 					// determine if autogenerated section (!exist = N)
 					if ((cbittst & AUTOGEN) > 1)
 					{
@@ -490,6 +484,17 @@ namespace DataLoader
 						ci.AddItem("SubSection", "AutoIndent", "N");
 					}
 				}
+				if (cbittst == ' ')
+					cbittst = '\0';
+				else
+				{
+					// Both step & word doc sections can be in toc
+					// determine if TOC element (!exist = N)
+					if ((cbittst & TOC) > 1)
+					{
+						ci.AddItem("Section", "TOC", "Y");
+					}
+				}
 				if (!didsub && sequence.Substring(4, 1) == "N")
 				{
 					ci.AddItem("SubSection", "PH", "N");