diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eec3131..ebcf7ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "2.7.0",
+  "version": "2.7.1",
   "author": "lingdocs.com",
   "description": "A Pashto inflection and verb conjugation engine, inculding React components for displaying Pashto text, inflections, and conjugations",
   "homepage": "https://verbs.lingdocs.com",
diff --git a/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts b/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
index b621e6b..7cbdb0f 100644
--- a/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
+++ b/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
@@ -379,13 +379,19 @@ function addSpacesBetweenSegments(segments: Segment[]): (Segment | " " | "" | T.
 }
 
 function compileEnglishVP(VP: T.VPRendered): string[] | undefined {
+    console.log("will compile english VP");
     function insertEWords(e: string, { subject, object, APs }: { subject: string, object?: string, APs: string }): string {
         return e.replace("$SUBJ", subject).replace("$OBJ", object || "") + APs;
     }
     const engSubj = getRenderedSubjectSelection(VP.blocks).selection;
     const obj = getRenderedObjectSelection(VP.blocks).selection;
-    const engObj = typeof obj === "object" ? obj : undefined;
+    const engObj = typeof obj === "object"
+        ? obj
+        : obj === "none"
+        ? ""
+        : undefined;
     const engAPs = getEnglishAPs(VP.blocks);
+    console.log({ base: VP.englishBase, obj, engSubj, engObj })
     // require all English parts for making the English phrase
     return (VP.englishBase && engSubj && engObj !== undefined)
         ? VP.englishBase.map(e => insertEWords(e, {
diff --git a/src/lib/verb-info.ts b/src/lib/verb-info.ts
index e9ba20a..92ad2db 100644
--- a/src/lib/verb-info.ts
+++ b/src/lib/verb-info.ts
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ function makeDynamicPerfectiveSplit(comp: T.PsString, auxSplit: T.SplitInfo): T.
 }
 
 export function getPassiveRootsAndStems(info: T.NonComboVerbInfo): T.PassiveRootsStems | undefined {
-    if (info.transitivity !== "transitive") return undefined;
+    if (info.transitivity === "intransitive") return undefined;
     return {
         stem: getPassiveStem(info.root, info.root.perfectiveSplit),
         root: getPassiveRoot(info.root, info.root.perfectiveSplit),