X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FJalview2XML.java;h=eb071e2fed493306423c719c15325c8c1445cef4;hb=1b7c19a556c0a09859e8e46cd4e55484e5f944d2;hp=5a4b03a0fea1e94adb5932ac33649b2d988f64e2;hpb=b01c4edc00dbeedd6b53777310d4232a4104a9ec;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/Jalview2XML.java b/src/jalview/gui/Jalview2XML.java
index 5a4b03a..eb071e2 100755
--- a/src/jalview/gui/Jalview2XML.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/Jalview2XML.java
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ public class Jalview2XML
                     JalviewModel object = new JalviewModel();
 
                     Unmarshaller unmar = new Unmarshaller(object);
+                    unmar.setValidation(false);
                     object = (JalviewModel) unmar.unmarshal( in );
 
                     af = LoadFromObject(object);
@@ -752,7 +753,7 @@ public class Jalview2XML
                 {
                     anot[ae[aa].getPosition()] = new jalview.datamodel.Annotation(ae[aa].getDisplayCharacter(),
                             ae[aa].getDescription(),
-                            ae[aa].getSecondaryStructure().charAt(0),
+                            ae[aa].getSecondaryStructure().length()==0?' ':ae[aa].getSecondaryStructure().charAt(0),
                             ae[aa].getValue());
                 }