diff --git a/src/org/joni/Regex.java b/src/org/joni/Regex.java
index f573773..e7e6b69 100644
--- a/src/org/joni/Regex.java
+++ b/src/org/joni/Regex.java
@@ -370,7 +370,9 @@ void setOptimizeExactInfo(OptExactInfo e) {
             if (e.length >= 3 || (e.length >= 2 && allowReverse)) {
                 forward = enc.toLowerCaseTable() != null ? Search.SLOW_IC_SB_FORWARD : Search.SLOW_IC_FORWARD;
                 if (!setupBMSkipMap(true)) {
-                    forward = allowReverse ? Search.BM_IC_FORWARD : Search.BM_NOT_REV_IC_FORWARD;
+                    forward = allowReverse ? (enc.toLowerCaseTable() != null ? Search.SLOW_IC_SB_FORWARD : Search.SLOW_IC_FORWARD) : Search.BM_NOT_REV_IC_FORWARD;
+                    // FIXME: put above line in place to work around some failures.  Either BM_IC_FORWARD is broken here or we are choosing it when we shouldn't.
+                    //forward = allowReverse ? Search.BM_IC_FORWARD : Search.BM_NOT_REV_IC_FORWARD;
                 } else {
                     forward = enc.toLowerCaseTable() != null ? Search.SLOW_IC_SB_FORWARD : Search.SLOW_IC_FORWARD;
                 }
diff --git a/src/org/joni/SingleRegion.java b/src/org/joni/SingleRegion.java
index 612dcc0..a99bf3b 100644
--- a/src/org/joni/SingleRegion.java
+++ b/src/org/joni/SingleRegion.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class SingleRegion extends Region {
     int end;
 
     public SingleRegion(int num) {
-        if (num != 1) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(num);
+        if (num != 1) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(""+num);
     }
 
     public SingleRegion(int begin, int end) {
@@ -43,22 +43,22 @@ public SingleRegion clone() {
     }
 
     public int getBeg(int index) {
-        if (index != 0) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+        if (index != 0) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(""+index);
         return beg;
     }
 
     public int setBeg(int index, int value) {
-        if (index != 0) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+        if (index != 0) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(""+index);
         return beg = value;
     }
 
     public int getEnd(int index) {
-        if (index != 0) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+        if (index != 0) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(""+index);
         return end;
     }
 
     public int setEnd(int index, int value) {
-        if (index != 0) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
+        if (index != 0) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(""+index);
         return end = value;
     }