diff --git a/apps/zasm/symbol.asm b/apps/zasm/symbol.asm
index 21f96a7..da673bb 100644
--- a/apps/zasm/symbol.asm
+++ b/apps/zasm/symbol.asm
@@ -192,9 +192,15 @@ _symFind:
 	jr	z, .end		; match! Z already set, IY and HL placed.
 .skip:
 	; ok, next!
-	ld	a, (iy)		; name len again
-	call	addHL		; advance HL by A chars
-	inc	iy \ inc iy \ inc iy
+	
+	push de
+	ld de, 0x0003
+	add iy, de
+	; offset is signed, but '-' isn't supported by zasm
+	ld e, (iy+0xFD)	; offset is also compulsory, so no extra bytes used
+	add hl, de	; advance HL by (iy) characters
+	pop de
+
 	djnz	.loop
 	; end of the chain, nothing found
 .nothing: