diff --git a/README b/README
index e38b699..c81ee8e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Fuel price is fixed at 0.2 CR/LY, you can hold 7LY of fuel at most.
 
 == Gameplay differences from the original TE 1.5 C version ==
 
-As of the current version, 1.8:
+As of the current version, 1.8.1:
 
 * multiple typos corrected in text strings
 * the "cash" and "sneak" commands were removed since v1.6
diff --git a/awlite.awk b/awlite.awk
index 24ce460..efc5124 100644
--- a/awlite.awk
+++ b/awlite.awk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # awlite: POSIX AWK port of Text Elite
-# Version 1.8
+# Version 1.8.1
 # Original high-level algorithms from Text Elite 1.5 by Ian Bell, 1999, 2015
 # Porting, corrections, improvements and optimizations by Luxferre, 2024
 #
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ function matchsys(s,  d, i, p, cd) {
   d = 9999
   s = toupper(s) # system names are stored in uppercase
   for(i=0;i<galsize;i++) {
-    if(index(s, plannames[i]) == 1) { # found i-th system
+    if(index(plannames[i], s) == 1) { # found i-th system
       cd = distance(galcoords_x[i], galcoords_y[i], galcoords_x[p], galcoords_y[p])
       if(cd < d) {d = cd; p = i}
     }
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ BEGIN {
   split("", globalseeds) # init galaxy seeds
   buildgalaxy(player["galaxynum"], globalseeds) # build the current galaxy
   genmarket(0, economies[player["currentplanet"]]) # build local market
-  printf("\nWelcome to awlite 1.8\n")
+  printf("\nWelcome to awlite 1.8.1\n")
   dohelp()
   # start the REPL
   printf("\n\nCash: %.1f> ", player["cash"]/10)