diff --git a/lib/jt9.f90 b/lib/jt9.f90
index dcfbb07b6..43af4673b 100644
--- a/lib/jt9.f90
+++ b/lib/jt9.f90
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ program jt9
               call timer('symspec ',1)
            endif
            nhsym0=nhsym
-           if(nhsym.ge.181 .and. mode.ne.240) exit
+           if(nhsym.ge.181 .and. mode.ne.240 .and. mode.ne.241) exit
         endif
      enddo
      close(unit=wav%lun)