diff --git a/nomer/src/main/java/org/globalbioticinteractions/nomer/util/AppenderUtil.java b/nomer/src/main/java/org/globalbioticinteractions/nomer/util/AppenderUtil.java
index 80b3b71d..54837a68 100644
--- a/nomer/src/main/java/org/globalbioticinteractions/nomer/util/AppenderUtil.java
+++ b/nomer/src/main/java/org/globalbioticinteractions/nomer/util/AppenderUtil.java
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ public static String valueForTaxonProperty(Taxon taxon,
         } else if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(taxonPropertyName, "path.authorship")) {
             colValue = taxon.getPathAuthorships();
         } else if (StringUtils.startsWith(taxonPropertyName, "path.")
-                && ranks.size() > 0
-                && ranks.size() == ids.size()
-                && names.size() == ids.size()) {
+                && ranks.size() > 0) {
             String[] split = StringUtils.split(taxonPropertyName, '.');
             if (split != null && split.length > 1) {
                 String rank = split[1];
@@ -69,11 +67,11 @@ public static String valueForTaxonProperty(Taxon taxon,
                 if (i1 > -1) {
                     if (split.length > 2) {
                         String propertyName = split[2];
-                        if ("id".equalsIgnoreCase(propertyName)) {
+                        if ("id".equalsIgnoreCase(propertyName) && ranks.size() == ids.size()) {
                             colValue = ids.get(i1);
-                        } else if ("name".equalsIgnoreCase(propertyName)) {
+                        } else if ("name".equalsIgnoreCase(propertyName) && ranks.size() == names.size()) {
                             colValue = names.get(i1);
-                        } else if ("authorship".equalsIgnoreCase(propertyName)) {
+                        } else if ("authorship".equalsIgnoreCase(propertyName) && ranks.size() == authorships.size()) {
                             colValue = authorships.get(i1);
                         }
                     } else {
diff --git a/nomer/src/test/java/org/globalbioticinteractions/nomer/util/AppenderUtilTest.java b/nomer/src/test/java/org/globalbioticinteractions/nomer/util/AppenderUtilTest.java
index eb3f3ecf..dc9e3787 100644
--- a/nomer/src/test/java/org/globalbioticinteractions/nomer/util/AppenderUtilTest.java
+++ b/nomer/src/test/java/org/globalbioticinteractions/nomer/util/AppenderUtilTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ public void getKingdomFromPath() {
         assertThat(kingdomName, is("someKingdom"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void getKingdomFromPath2() {
+        TaxonImpl taxon = new TaxonImpl("someName", "someId");
+        taxon.setPath("Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Hymenoptera | Apidae | Apinae | Apini | None | Apis | Apis | Apis mellifera");
+        taxon.setPathNames("kingdom | phylum | class | order | family | subfamily | tribe | subtribe | genus | subgenus | species");
+        String kingdomName = AppenderUtil.valueForTaxonProperty(
+                taxon,
+                "path.kingdom.name");
+
+        assertThat(kingdomName, is("Animalia"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void getUnknownKingdomFromPath() {
         TaxonImpl taxon = new TaxonImpl("someName", "someId");