         data = this.packageData(initialTarget, currentTarget, length, 0)
         this.anchorToPage(data)
       else
-        this.scanForNextSibling initialTarget, currentTarget, offset_to_use, endIndex
+        if desiredText == undefined
+          console.log("HERE")
+          nextSibling = this.returnNext(currentTarget)
+          this.currentIndex = 0
+          this.currentSentence = 0
+          this.selectSentence nextSibling
+        else if desiredText.endsWith(".") or desiredText.endsWith("!") or desiredText.endsWith("?")
+          console.log("Sentence condition")
+          this.selectSentence initialTarget, currentTarget, true
+        else
+          this.scanForNextSibling initialTarget, currentTarget, offset_to_use, endIndex
 
   findASentence: (event = {}) =>
     if this.operational == false

        currentTarget = initialTarget

    desiredText = $(currentTarget).text()
    match = /[.!?]/.test(desiredText)
    desiredText = desiredText.split(/[.!?]/)

    finalCount = desiredText.length - 1


    else
      desiredText = desiredText[this.currentSentence]

    console.log(desiredText)

    if (desiredText != undefined and desiredText.endsWith(".")) or (desiredText != undefined and desiredText.endsWith("?")) or (desiredText != undefined and desiredText.endsWith("!"))
      # this means that we have reached a line break that ends with a sentence
      match = false

    if desiredText != undefined
      endIndex = offset_to_use + desiredText.length + 1

    if endIndex > $(currentTarget).text().length - 1
      endIndex = $(currentTarget).text().length - 1

    if (this.currentSentence == finalCount) and (matchEnd == false) and (desiredText.endsWith(".") == false)
      # if this is the case then we are starting mid-element and need to jump
      match = false
      if this.savedOffset == 0
