diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/ModelTable.cs b/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/ModelTable.cs
index 4357282a..45981c9f 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/ModelTable.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/ModelTable.cs
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.Models {
             valueAddress = model.ReadPointer(valueAddress);
             if (valueAddress < 0 || valueAddress >= model.Count) return string.Empty;
             var length = PCSString.ReadString(model, valueAddress, true);
+            if (length < 1) return string.Empty;
             return model.TextConverter.Convert(model, valueAddress, length).Trim('"');
          } else {
             throw new NotImplementedException();
diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/PokemonModel.cs b/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/PokemonModel.cs
index 07591eac..66d74b8e 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/PokemonModel.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/PokemonModel.cs
@@ -1071,6 +1071,12 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.Models {
                changeToken.RemoveRun(runs[index]);
                RemoveIndex(index);
             }
+            if (run is PointerRun && run.PointerSources != null && run.PointerSources.Count == 0 && !anchorForAddress.ContainsKey(run.Start)) {
+               // this run contains useful information, but no useful anchors. Remove the pointer sources.
+               run = run.Duplicate(run.Start, null);
+               changeToken.AddRun(run);
+               SetIndex(index, run);
+            }
 
             if (existingRun is ArrayRun arrayRun2 && arrayRun2.SupportsInnerPointers && arrayRun2.Length > run.Length) {
                for (int i = 0; i < arrayRun2.ElementCount; i++) {
diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/QuickEditItems/DecapNames.cs b/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/QuickEditItems/DecapNames.cs
index a07c131d..bd5c3f59 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/QuickEditItems/DecapNames.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Core/ViewModels/QuickEditItems/DecapNames.cs
@@ -125,21 +125,27 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels.QuickEditItems {
          if (address < 0 || address >= model.Count) return;
          var textLength = PCSString.ReadString(model, address, true);
          if (textLength < 3) return;
-         var text = model.TextConverter.Convert(model, address, textLength).ToCharArray();
-         for (int i = 1; i < text.Length; i++) {
-            if (IsLetter(text[i - 1]) && IsCap(text[i])) {
-               text[i] += (char)('a' - 'A');
+         var (_A, _a) = (0xBB, 0xD5);
+         var run = new PCSRun(model, address, textLength);
+         if (address == 0x245F01) ;
+         bool previousIsCap = run.CreateDataFormat(model, address) is PCS pcs0 && IsCap(pcs0.ThisCharacter);
+         for (int i = 1; i < textLength; i++) {
+            if (run.CreateDataFormat(model, address + i) is not PCS pcs) {
+               previousIsCap = false;
+               continue;
             }
+            var isCap = IsCap(pcs.ThisCharacter);
+            if (previousIsCap && isCap) {
+               token.ChangeData(model, address + i, (byte)(model[address + i] - _A + _a));
+            }
+            previousIsCap = isCap;
          }
-         token.ChangeData(model, address, model.TextConverter.Convert(new string(text), out var _));
       }
 
-      private bool IsLetter(char c) {
-         return char.IsLetter(c);
-      }
-
-      private bool IsCap(char c) {
-         return 'A' <= c && c <= 'Z';
+      private bool IsCap(string c) {
+         if (c.StartsWith("\"")) c = c.Substring(1);
+         if (c.Length != 1) return false;
+         return 'A' <= c[0] && c[0] <= 'Z';
       }
    }
 }
diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Tests/Before_Baseclass/PointerModelTests.cs b/src/HexManiac.Tests/Before_Baseclass/PointerModelTests.cs
index 07909b2f..b2894e31 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Tests/Before_Baseclass/PointerModelTests.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Tests/Before_Baseclass/PointerModelTests.cs
@@ -970,6 +970,16 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Tests {
          Assert.IsType<PointerRun>(p2);
       }
 
+      [Fact]
+      public void PointerToLocation_AddAnchorToPointer_NoError() {
+         ViewPort.Edit("<100> ");
+
+         ViewPort.Edit("@000 ^ ");
+
+         Assert.Null(Model.GetNextRun(0).PointerSources);
+         Assert.Empty(Errors);
+      }
+
       private void StandardSetup(out byte[] data, out PokemonModel model, out ViewPort viewPort) {
          data = new byte[0x200];
          model = new PokemonModel(data);