diff --git a/VRE.py b/VRE.py
index 73b5e9e..c23b1f7 100644
--- a/VRE.py
+++ b/VRE.py
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ class VRE:
         if not paper_df.empty or not dataset_df.empty or not content_df.empty or not post_df.empty:
             self.new_income = True            
     
+    def remove_suffix(self, input_string, suffix):
+        if suffix and input_string.endswith(suffix):
+            return input_string[:-len(suffix)]
+        return input_string
 
     def remove_useless_dots(self, line):
         modline = ''
@@ -339,7 +343,7 @@ class VRE:
                 if j+1 < len(splits):
                     splits[j] = splits[j]+'. '
                 if j == len(splits)-1:
-                    splits[j] = splits[j].removesuffix('-')
+                    splits[j] = self.remove_suffix(splits[j], '-') #splits[j].removesuffix('-')
             return splits, i+1
         else:
             return [], i+1