diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e3a213..ff54891 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vestaboard/vbml",
-  "version": "1.2.2",
+  "version": "1.2.3",
   "description": "The Vestaboard markup language",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/__tests__/classic.spec.ts b/src/__tests__/classic.spec.ts
index 7d009b3..ddbc94e 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/classic.spec.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/classic.spec.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ describe("Classic", () => {
   });
 
   it("Should convert string to classic board", () => {
-    // should be 3 lines
-    // 57 characters
     const string = "reallylongwordthatismorethantwentytwocharcters";
     const classicBoard = classic(string);
     expect(classicBoard).toEqual([
@@ -64,8 +62,6 @@ describe("Classic", () => {
   });
 
   it("Should convert string to classic board", () => {
-    // should be 3 lines
-    // 57 characters
     const string = "reallylongwordthatismorethan22charcters";
     const classicBoard = classic(string);
     expect(classicBoard).toEqual([
@@ -85,8 +81,6 @@ describe("Classic", () => {
   });
 
   it("Should convert string to classic board", () => {
-    // should be 3 lines
-    // 57 characters
     const string = `hello
     world`;
     const classicBoard = classic(string);
@@ -101,15 +95,11 @@ describe("Classic", () => {
   });
 
   it("Should convert string to classic board", () => {
-    // should be 3 lines
-    // 57 characters
     const string = `hello\n\nworld`;
     const classicBoard = classic(string);
     expect(classicBoard).toEqual([[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,5,12,12,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,15,18,12,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]);
   });
   it("Should convert string to classic board", () => {
-    // should be 3 lines
-    // 57 characters
     const string = ``;
     const classicBoard = classic(string);
     const emptyRow = new Array(22).fill(0);
@@ -123,4 +113,47 @@ describe("Classic", () => {
       emptyRow,
     ]);
   });
+
+  it("Should convert string to classic board", () => {
+    const string = `{1}`;
+    const classicBoard = classic(string);
+    expect(classicBoard).toEqual(   [
+      [
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0
+      ],
+      [
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0
+      ],
+      [
+        0, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0
+      ],
+      [
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0
+      ],
+      [
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0
+      ],
+      [
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0
+      ]
+    ]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/classic.ts b/src/classic.ts
index 7063016..ded8018 100644
--- a/src/classic.ts
+++ b/src/classic.ts
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ export function classic(text: string, extraHPadding = 0): Array<Array<number>> {
   }
 
   const lines = text.split("\n");
-  const wordCharCodeRegex = /[a-zA-Z]+|\{.\d\}+|\d+|\s+|[^\w\s]/g;
+  const wordCharCodeRegex = /[a-zA-Z]+|\{.\d\}+|\{\d\}+|\d+|\s+|[^\w\s]/g;
 
   const chunkedLines = lines.map((line) => {
     const words = line.match(wordCharCodeRegex);
     return words;
   });
-
+  
   const vestaboardCharsLines = chunkedLines
     .map((line) => {
       return line?.flatMap((word) => {