diff --git a/themes/vanilla/layouts/shortcodes/codelines b/themes/vanilla/layouts/shortcodes/codelines
index b5d16a6..d275582 100644
--- a/themes/vanilla/layouts/shortcodes/codelines
+++ b/themes/vanilla/layouts/shortcodes/codelines
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {{ $s := (readFile (printf "code/%s" (.Get 1))) }}
 {{ $t := split $s "\n" }}
-{{ $u := after (.Get 2) $t }}
-{{ $v := first (sub (int (.Get 3)) (int (.Get 2))) $u }}
+{{ if not (eq (int (.Get 2)) 1) }}
+{{ .Scratch.Set "u" (after (sub (int (.Get 2)) 1) $t) }}
+{{ else }}
+{{ .Scratch.Set "u" $t }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ $v := first (add (sub (int (.Get 3)) (int (.Get 2))) 1) (.Scratch.Get "u") }}
 {{ highlight (delimit $v "\n") (.Get 0) "" }}