diff --git a/code/DAMASK_spectral.f90 b/code/DAMASK_spectral.f90
index 728b0fd6c..3f4d6764e 100644
--- a/code/DAMASK_spectral.f90
+++ b/code/DAMASK_spectral.f90
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ program DAMASK_spectral
              errorID = 838_pInt                                                                     ! no rotation is allowed by stress BC
      write(6,'(2x,a)') 'stress / GPa:'
      do i = 1_pInt, 3_pInt; do j = 1_pInt, 3_pInt
-       if(loadCases(currentLoadCase)%deformation%maskLogical(i,j)) then
+       if(loadCases(currentLoadCase)%P%maskLogical(i,j)) then
          write(6,'(2x,f12.7)',advance='no') loadCases(currentLoadCase)%P%values(i,j)*1e-9_pReal
        else
          write(6,'(2x,12a)',advance='no') '    *       '
diff --git a/code/IO.f90 b/code/IO.f90
index 1a36269c5..57eb23cb5 100644
--- a/code/IO.f90
+++ b/code/IO.f90
@@ -1237,8 +1237,7 @@ character(len=300) pure function IO_extractValue(pair,key)
  IO_extractValue = ''
 
  myChunk = scan(pair,SEP)
- if (myChunk > 0 .and. pair(:myChunk-1) == key(:myChunk-1)) &                                         
-   IO_extractValue = pair(myChunk+1:)                                                               ! extract value if key matches
+ if (myChunk > 0 .and. pair(:myChunk-1) == key) IO_extractValue = pair(myChunk+1:)                  ! extract value if key matches
 
 end function IO_extractValue