diff --git a/utility/itemcomment/README.md b/utility/itemcomment/README.md
index d9be997ef..fe8d09517 100644
--- a/utility/itemcomment/README.md
+++ b/utility/itemcomment/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ If you manually add any items, put a ! before
 `!items: 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237`
 
 The ! prefix makes the parser not replace the old line.
+
+
+from root of projecteqquests dir: `go run utility/itemcomment/itemcomment.go` to regenerate
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utility/itemcomment/itemcomment.go b/utility/itemcomment/itemcomment.go
index 494f1f5d2..e07f34412 100644
--- a/utility/itemcomment/itemcomment.go
+++ b/utility/itemcomment/itemcomment.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func findItems(line string, language string) []string {
 
 func findItemIDs(index int, line string) []string {
 	items := []string{}
-	itemMatches := regNumbers.FindAllStringSubmatch(line[index:len(line)], -1)
+	itemMatches := regNumbers.FindAllStringSubmatch(line[index:], -1)
 	for _, groups := range itemMatches {
 		for _, match := range groups {
 			id, err := strconv.Atoi(match)