diff --git a/commands/drawDesign.cjs b/commands/drawDesign.cjs
index 79a0004..8f00368 100644
--- a/commands/drawDesign.cjs
+++ b/commands/drawDesign.cjs
@@ -214,13 +214,14 @@ const surrogatePairs = /[\uD800-\uDBFF][\uDC00-\uDFFF]/g;
 var charIterateState;
 function charIterate(input) {
 	let stringLength = (input.length - 1);
-	console.log(surrogatePairs.exec(input));
-	console.log(surrogatePairs.lastIndex);
+	let temp = input.toCharArray();
 	for (let i = 0; i < stringLength; ++i) {
-		if (false) {
+		let compareString = temp.join("");
+		if (surrogatePairs.exec(input).index == i) {
 			stringLength--;
 			console.log("Decreasing stringLength variable to", stringLength);
 		}
+		temp.shift();
 	}
 	if (charIterateState == undefined) {
 		console.log("undefined! setting to zero");