diff --git a/the-one-true-todey-file-of-cellpond.js b/the-one-true-todey-file-of-cellpond.js
index 5e3ea1b..dead835 100644
--- a/the-one-true-todey-file-of-cellpond.js
+++ b/the-one-true-todey-file-of-cellpond.js
@@ -1551,8 +1551,9 @@ on.load(() => {
 	const makeNumber = ({values, channel = 0, variable, add, subtract} = {}) => {
 		let numberValues = undefined
 		
-		if (variable !== undefined) {
+		if (variable !== undefined || values === ({}).values) {
 			// placeholder for places in the codebase that don't specify a source!
+			// also placeholder for places in the codebase with empty calls
 			numberValues = [true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true]
 			//numberValues = [false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false]
 		}
@@ -2394,7 +2395,7 @@ on.load(() => {
 		}
 
 		if (addend.subtract !== undefined) {
-			results = addChannelToResults(results, addend.add, {source, multiplier: -1, isHue})
+			results = addChannelToResults(results, addend.subtract, {source, multiplier: -1, isHue})
 		}
 		
 		return results