diff --git a/mission/sysDefs.h b/mission/sysDefs.h
index f1de95a3..9f402226 100644
--- a/mission/sysDefs.h
+++ b/mission/sysDefs.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class CpHelperParser {
     }
     recursiveOpt = data[0];
     forceOpt = data[1];
-    return parseDestTargetString(data + 1, maxLen - 1, destTgt);
+    return parseDestTargetString(data + 2, maxLen - 2, destTgt);
   }
   const SourceTargetPair& destTgtPair() const { return destTgt; }
   bool isRecursiveOptSet() const { return recursiveOpt; }