diff --git a/plumb/basic b/plumb/basic
index 438fc48f..b59b7948 100644
--- a/plumb/basic
+++ b/plumb/basic
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ type is text
 data matches '([.a-zA-Z¡-￿0-9_/\-@]*[a-zA-Z¡-￿0-9_/\-])':$twocolonaddr,$twocolonaddr
 arg isfile     $1
 data set       $file
-attr add       addr=$2-#1+#$3,$4-#1+#$5
+attr add       addr=$2-#0+#$3-#1,$4-#0+#$5-#1
 plumb to edit
 plumb client $editor
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type is text
 data matches '([.a-zA-Z¡-￿0-9_/\-@]*[a-zA-Z¡-￿0-9_/\-])':$twocolonaddr
 arg isfile     $1
 data set       $file
-attr add       addr=$2-#1+#$3
+attr add       addr=$2-#0+#$3-#1
 plumb to edit
 plumb client $editor