diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7ea2fbd..f8470b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "3.1.6",
+  "version": "3.1.7",
   "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/misc-helpers.ts b/src/lib/misc-helpers.ts
index 84f4f5d..0d62e6d 100644
--- a/src/lib/misc-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/misc-helpers.ts
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ export function parseEc(ec: string): T.EnglishVerbConjugationEc {
             const b = s.slice(0, -2);
             return [`${s}`, `${s}s`, `${b}ying`, `${s}d`, `${s}d`]; 
         }
-        const b = (s.slice(-1) === "e")
+        const b = s === ""
+            ? "VERB"    
+            : (s.slice(-1) === "e")
             ? s.slice(0, -1)
             : s;
         return [`${s}`, `${s}s`, `${b}ing`, `${b}ed`, `${b}ed`];