diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d691f2d..7143b28 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "2.8.9",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
   "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/render-ep.ts b/src/lib/phrase-building/render-ep.ts
index 0e9c1b1..c6b1b30 100644
--- a/src/lib/phrase-building/render-ep.ts
+++ b/src/lib/phrase-building/render-ep.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export function renderEP(EP: T.EPSelectionComplete): T.EPRendered {
 
 function getEPSBlocksAndKids(EP: T.EPSelectionComplete): { kids: T.Kid[], blocks: T.Block[], englishEquativePerson: T.Person } {
     const subject = getSubjectSelection(EP.blocks).selection;
+    const subjectPerson = getPersonFromNP(subject);
     const commandingNP: T.NPSelection = subject.selection.type === "pronoun"
         ? subject
         : EP.predicate.selection.type === "NP"
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ function getEPSBlocksAndKids(EP: T.EPSelectionComplete): { kids: T.Kid[], blocks
     return {
         blocks,
         kids,
-        englishEquativePerson: commandingNP.selection.type === "participle" ? T.Person.ThirdSingMale : commandingPerson,
+        englishEquativePerson: subject.selection.type === "participle"
+            ? T.Person.ThirdSingMale
+            : subjectPerson,
     };
 }