diff --git a/apps/zasm/symbol.asm b/apps/zasm/symbol.asm
index cc16307..d8da3cf 100644
--- a/apps/zasm/symbol.asm
+++ b/apps/zasm/symbol.asm
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ _symFind:
 	push 	de
 	ld 	de, 0x0003
 	add 	iy, de		; faster and shorter than three inc's
-	; offset is signed, but '-' isn't supported by zasm
-	ld 	e, (iy+0xFD)	; offset is also compulsory, so no extra bytes used
+	ld 	e, (iy-3)	; offset is also compulsory, so no extra bytes used	
+	; (iy-3) holds the name length of the string just processed
 	add 	hl, de	; advance HL by (iy-3) characters
 	pop	de