diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java
index bfec1da894ca1d501f6e59cf8c971b9984bae9ac..8e1f8b11ea35635298670821b565fb31c4bda788 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ public class GFFStreamFeature extends SimpleDocumentFeature implements
             int index = values.elementAt(value_index).indexOf(";current=");
             if (index > -1)
               this_value = GFF3Encoder.encode(values.elementAt(value_index)
-                  .substring(0, index - 1));
+                  .substring(0, index));
             else
               this_value = GFF3Encoder.encode(values.elementAt(value_index));
             if (value_index > 0 && value_index < (values.size())) {