diff --git a/bin/ivory.pill b/bin/ivory.pill
index b1f14b13e..5bd962116 100644
--- a/bin/ivory.pill
+++ b/bin/ivory.pill
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:2800e4ff87369d6206daa96937d8a186a12da67aac2ab8cd74c6c359f26cddb8
-size 3952579
+oid sha256:a1d3154858e1eaa9ab48dfe3ff24cfe1994e7e96379d1fd9cd971df4939ce220
+size 3952575
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/sys/zuse.hoon b/pkg/arvo/sys/zuse.hoon
index 6bbe3ebd2..91bb82b76 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/sys/zuse.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/sys/zuse.hoon
@@ -3791,7 +3791,7 @@
         (scag b a)
       ::
         =+  e=(lent-char a)
-        ?:  (lth b e)  ~
+        ?:  (lte b e)  ~
         [*stye (reap (sub b e) d)]~
       ::
         c