diff --git a/bitshift/parser/__init__.py b/bitshift/parser/__init__.py
index 675d8bb..bf86945 100644
--- a/bitshift/parser/__init__.py
+++ b/bitshift/parser/__init__.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def parse(codelet):
     lang = _lang(codelet)
     lang_string = LANGS[lang]
     codelet.language = lang
+
     if lang_string in PARSERS:
         symbols = PARSERS[lang_string](codelet)
         symbols = {
@@ -138,3 +139,6 @@ def parse(codelet):
                   for name in syms]
             for key, syms in symbols.iteritems()}
         codelet.symbols = symbols
+
+    else:
+        codelet.symbols = {}
diff --git a/parsers/java/src/main/java/com/bitshift/parsing/parsers/JavaParser.java b/parsers/java/src/main/java/com/bitshift/parsing/parsers/JavaParser.java
index 989c0dd..75362a8 100644
--- a/parsers/java/src/main/java/com/bitshift/parsing/parsers/JavaParser.java
+++ b/parsers/java/src/main/java/com/bitshift/parsing/parsers/JavaParser.java
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ public class JavaParser extends Parser {
 
             int sl = this.root.getLineNumber(node.getStartPosition());
             int sc = this.root.getColumnNumber(node.getStartPosition());
-            Integer el = -1;
-            Integer ec = -1;
 
             if (statements.size() > 0) {
                 Statement last = statements.get(statements.size() - 1);
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ public class JavaParser extends Parser {
                 ec = this.root.getColumnNumber(last.getStartPosition());
             }
 
-            data.put("coord", Symbols.createCoord(sl, sc, el, ec));
+            data.put("coord", Symbols.createCoord(sl, sc, sl, sc));
             data.put("name", name);
             this._cache.push(data);
             return true;
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ public class JavaParser extends Parser {
             int sl = this.root.getLineNumber(node.getStartPosition());
             int sc = this.root.getColumnNumber(node.getStartPosition());
 
-            data.put("coord", Symbols.createCoord(sl, sc, -1, -1));
+            data.put("coord", Symbols.createCoord(sl, sc, sl, sc));
             data.put("name", name);
             this._cache.push(data);
             return true;
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ public class JavaParser extends Parser {
             int sl = this.root.getLineNumber(node.getStartPosition());
             int sc = this.root.getColumnNumber(node.getStartPosition());
 
-            data.put("coord", Symbols.createCoord(sl, sc, -1, -1));
+            data.put("coord", Symbols.createCoord(sl, sc, sl, sc));
             this._cache.push(data);
             return true;
         }
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ public class JavaParser extends Parser {
             int sl = this.root.getLineNumber(node.getStartPosition());
             int sc = this.root.getColumnNumber(node.getStartPosition());
 
-            data.put("coord", Symbols.createCoord(sl, sc, -1, -1));
+            data.put("coord", Symbols.createCoord(sl, sc, sl, sc));
             this._cache.push(data);
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/parsers/ruby/lib/parser.rb b/parsers/ruby/lib/parser.rb
index eec293b..e4ff4eb 100644
--- a/parsers/ruby/lib/parser.rb
+++ b/parsers/ruby/lib/parser.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module Bitshift
                 break if cur_exp == nil
             end
 
-            pos = [start_ln, -1, end_ln, -1]
+            pos = [start_ln, 1, end_ln, 1]
             return pos
         end
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module Bitshift
             pos = Hash.new
             end_ln = start_ln = exp.line - offset
 
-            pos = [start_ln, -1, end_ln, -1]
+            pos = [start_ln, 1, end_ln, 1]
             return pos
         end