diff --git a/lib/App/Asciio/Cross.pm b/lib/App/Asciio/Cross.pm
index 5ad294cd..4b65ab9a 100644
--- a/lib/App/Asciio/Cross.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Asciio/Cross.pm
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ while( my($coordinate, $elements) = each $cross_zbuffer->{intersecting_elements}
 		$neighbors_stack->{($Y+1) . ';' . ($X-1)} // [$undef_char],
 		$neighbors_stack->{$Y . ';' . ($X-1)} // [$undef_char]);
 	
-	my $normal_key = join(join('o', @{$up}), '_', join('o', @{$down}), '_', join('o', @{$left}), '_', join('o', @{$right})) ;
+	my $normal_key = join('_', join('o', @{$up}), join('o', @{$down}), join('o', @{$left}), join('o', @{$right})) ;
 	
 	unless(exists $normal_char_cache{$normal_key})
 		{
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ while( my($coordinate, $elements) = each $cross_zbuffer->{intersecting_elements}
 	
 	next unless exists $diagonal_cross_chars{$elements->[0]} ;
 	
-	my $diagonal_key = join(join('o', @{$char_45}), '_', join('o', @{$char_135}), '_', join('o', @{$char_225}), '_', join('o', @{$char_315})) ;
+	my $diagonal_key = join('_', join('o', @{$char_45}), join('o', @{$char_135}), join('o', @{$char_225}), join('o', @{$char_315})) ;
 	
 	unless(exists $diagonal_char_cache{$diagonal_key})
 		{
diff --git a/lib/App/Asciio/ZBuffer.pm b/lib/App/Asciio/ZBuffer.pm
index cc226a66..01b9ad40 100644
--- a/lib/App/Asciio/ZBuffer.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Asciio/ZBuffer.pm
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ my @glyphs ;
 
 for my $strip (@{$element->get_stripes})
 	{
-	$strip = $USE_MARKUP_CLASS->delete_markup_characters($strip) ;
 	my $line_index = 0 ;
 	
 	for my $line (split /\n/, $strip->{TEXT})
 		{
+		$line = $USE_MARKUP_CLASS->delete_markup_characters($line) ;
 		my $character_index = 0 ;
 		
 		for my $char ( split '', $line)