diff --git a/healthcareio/x12/__init__.py b/healthcareio/x12/__init__.py
index 6270564..9ae14a6 100644
--- a/healthcareio/x12/__init__.py
+++ b/healthcareio/x12/__init__.py
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ class Parser (Process):
         #
 
         # Let's parse this for default values            
-        return value # jsonmerge.merge(value,self.apply(content,_code))
+        return jsonmerge.merge(value,self.apply(content,_code))
 
     def read(self,filename) :
         """
@@ -452,15 +452,42 @@ class Parser (Process):
         claims  = []
         try:
             file = open(filename.strip(),errors='ignore')
-            INITIAL_ROWS = list(islice(file,4)) #.readlines(4)
+            INITIAL_ROWS = list(islice(file,100)) #.readlines(4)
             _code = "unknown"
+            # if len(INITIAL_ROWS) == 1 :
+            #     file = INITIAL_ROWS[0].split('~')
+            #     INITIAL_ROWS = file[:4]
+            # if len(INITIAL_ROWS) < 3 :
+            #     return None,[{"name":filename,"completed":False}],None
+            # _code = INITIAL_ROWS[2].split('*')[1].strip()
+            # section  = self.config[_code][0]['SECTION'].strip()
+            # INITIAL_ROWS = file.read().readlines()
+           
+            
             if len(INITIAL_ROWS) == 1 :
-                file = INITIAL_ROWS[0].split('~')
-                INITIAL_ROWS = file[:4]
-            if len(INITIAL_ROWS) < 3 :
-                return None,[{"name":filename,"completed":False}],None
-            _code = INITIAL_ROWS[2].split('*')[1].strip()
-            section  = self.config[_code][0]['SECTION'].strip()
+                INITIAL_ROWS  = INITIAL_ROWS[0].split('~')
+            else:
+                file.seek(0)
+
+              
+            _code = INITIAL_ROWS[2].split('*')[1].strip() #-- x12 standard would have the code positiond here
+            
+            section = self.config[_code][0]['SECTION'].strip() #-- This is either CLM or CLP
+            # INITIAL_ROWS = 
+            
+            # _code = INITIAL_ROWS[2].split('*')[1].strip()
+            for row in INITIAL_ROWS :
+                if section in row :
+                    index = INITIAL_ROWS.index(row)
+                    #-- The order here will matter because the initial rows will contain the entire file
+                    # Assign this to the file object and move forward by making sure initial_rows are actually initial rows
+                    #
+                    file = INITIAL_ROWS[index:]
+                    INITIAL_ROWS = INITIAL_ROWS[:index]
+                    
+                    break
+            # print ([_code,section])
+            # print (self.get.default_value(INITIAL_ROWS,_code))
             #
             # adjusting the 
             DEFAULT_VALUE = self.get.default_value(INITIAL_ROWS,_code)
@@ -473,10 +500,11 @@ class Parser (Process):
             _toprows = []
             _default = None
             for row in file :
+                
                 row = row.replace('\r','')
-                if not segment and not row.startswith(section):
-                    _toprows += [row]
-                    
+                # if not segment and not row.startswith(section):
+                #     _toprows += [row]
+                
                 if row.startswith(section) and not segment:
                     
                     segment = [row]
@@ -484,13 +512,7 @@ class Parser (Process):
                     continue
                     
                 elif segment and not row.startswith(section):
-                    if not _default :
-                        #
-                        # NOTE:
-                        # Some information in the toprows can be available and applied to claims that do not have this
-                        # This holds true for dates, N1, NM1 segments
-                        _default =  (self.apply(_toprows,_code))
-                        DEFAULT_VALUE = dict(DEFAULT_VALUE,**_default)
+                   
                     segment.append(row)
                 
                     
@@ -512,7 +534,7 @@ class Parser (Process):
                         else:
                             schema = {}
                         merger = jsonmerge.Merger(schema)                        
-                        claims.append( merger.merge(DEFAULT_VALUE,_claim))
+                        claims.append( merger.merge(DEFAULT_VALUE.copy(),_claim))
                     segment = [row]
                     index += 1
                     
@@ -520,8 +542,9 @@ class Parser (Process):
                 pass
             #
             # Handling the last claim found 
+            
             if segment[0].startswith(section) :
-                default_claim = dict({"name":index},**DEFAULT_VALUE)
+                # default_claim = dict({"name":index},**DEFAULT_VALUE)
                 
                 claim = self.apply(segment,_code)
                 if claim :
@@ -535,7 +558,7 @@ class Parser (Process):
                     merger = jsonmerge.Merger(schema)
                     # top_row_claim = self.apply(_toprows,_code)
                     
-                    claim = merger.merge(claim,self.apply(_toprows,_code))
+                    # claim = merger.merge(claim,self.apply(_toprows,_code))
                     # claims.append(dict(DEFAULT_VALUE,**claim))
                     claims.append(merger.merge(DEFAULT_VALUE,claim))
             if type(file) != list :
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5dd158c..bd9dacd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 def read(fname):
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read() 
 args = {
-    "name":"healthcareio","version":"1.6.2.10",
+    "name":"healthcareio","version":"1.6.2.12",
     "author":"Vanderbilt University Medical Center",
     "author_email":"steve.l.nyemba@vumc.org",
     "include_package_data":True,