diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py
index 2ef5932784..6e17e33556 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py
@@ -321,6 +321,6 @@ class RTFInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         opf.render(open('metadata.opf', 'wb'))
         return os.path.abspath('metadata.opf')
 
-#ebook-convert "bad.rtf" test.epub -v -d "D:\Mes eBooks\Developpement\debug"
-# os.makedirs('D:\\Mes eBooks\\Developpement\\rtfdebug')
-# debug_dir = 'D:\\Mes eBooks\\Developpement\\rtfdebug'
+#ebook-convert "bad.rtf" test.epub -v -d "E:\Mes eBooks\Developpement\debug"
+# os.makedirs('E:\\Mes eBooks\\Developpement\\rtfdebug')
+# debug_dir = 'E:\\Mes eBooks\\Developpement\\rtfdebug'
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/colors.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/colors.py
index eba03547c8..e85b59571c 100755
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/colors.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/colors.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class Colors:
             hex_num = self.__color_dict.get(num)
         if hex_num is None:
             hex_num = '0'
-            if self.__run_level > 5:
+            if self.__run_level > 3:
                 msg = 'no value in self.__color_dict' \
                 'for key %s at line %d\n' % (num, self.__line)
                 raise self.__bug_handler, msg
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/tokenize.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/tokenize.py
index 2c0fa8fcb6..5e01515730 100755
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/tokenize.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/tokenize.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ class Tokenize:
         input_file = self.__replace_spchar.mreplace(input_file)
         # this is for older RTF
         input_file = self.__par_exp.sub('\n\\par \n', input_file)
+        input_file = self.__cwdigit_exp.sub("\g<1>\n\g<2>", input_file)
         input_file = self.__cs_ast.sub("\g<1>", input_file)
         input_file = self.__ms_hex_exp.sub("\\mshex0\g<1> ", input_file)
         input_file = self.__utf_ud.sub("\\{\\uc0 \g<1>\\}", input_file)
@@ -177,13 +178,6 @@ class Tokenize:
         #self.__remove_line = re.compile(r'\n+')
         ##self.num_exp = re.compile(r"(\*|:|[a-zA-Z]+)(.*)")
 
-    def __correct_spliting(self, token):
-        match_obj = re.search(self.__cwdigit_exp, token)
-        if match_obj is None:
-            return token
-        else:
-            return '%s\n%s' % (match_obj.group(1), match_obj.group(2))
-
     def tokenize(self):
         """Main class for handling other methods. Reads the file \
         , uses method self.sub_reg to make basic substitutions,\
@@ -199,8 +193,6 @@ class Tokenize:
         tokens = map(self.__unicode_process, tokens)
         #remove empty items created by removing \uc
         tokens = filter(lambda x: len(x) > 0, tokens)
-        #handles bothersome cases
-        tokens = map(self.__correct_spliting, tokens)
 
         #write
         with open(self.__write_to, 'wb') as write_obj: