diff --git a/Tactical/LOS.cpp b/Tactical/LOS.cpp
index 80b91f57..de5b633e 100644
--- a/Tactical/LOS.cpp
+++ b/Tactical/LOS.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ INT32 GetSpreadPattern( OBJECTTYPE * pObj )
 	//If there are attachments, check them.  Stop on the first one with something defined.
 	//Dear God, I hate C++ iterators.  What a fugly mess. //WarmSteel - I made it even messier ;3
 	for (attachmentList::iterator iter = pObj[0][0]->attachments.begin(); iter != pObj[0][0]->attachments.end(); ++iter){
-		if( n=Item[ iter->usItem ].spreadPattern && iter->exists()){
+		if( (n=Item[ iter->usItem ].spreadPattern) && iter->exists()){
 				//An attachment has it, and it trumps everything, so return it's value.
 			return n;}
 	}
diff --git a/Tactical/XML_SpreadPatterns.cpp b/Tactical/XML_SpreadPatterns.cpp
index b94375a1..fec41143 100644
--- a/Tactical/XML_SpreadPatterns.cpp
+++ b/Tactical/XML_SpreadPatterns.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ spreadpatternStartElementHandle(void *userData, const XML_Char *name, const XML_
 				|| strcmp(name, "y") == 0
 				|| strcmp(name, "xspread") == 0
 				|| strcmp(name, "yspread") == 0
-				|| strcmp(name, "Name") == 0
+				|| strcmp(name, "NAME") == 0
 				|| strcmp(name, "method") == 0
 				))
 				
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ spreadpatternEndElementHandle(void *userData, const XML_Char *name)
 			d = fabs( atof(pData->szCharData) );
 			gpSpreadPattern[giSpreadPatternCount-1].yspread = d;
 		}
-		else if(strcmp(name, "Name") == 0)
+		else if(strcmp(name, "NAME") == 0)
 		{
 			pData->curElement = ELEMENT;
 			//Trim whitespace.