diff --git a/ftcsv.lua b/ftcsv.lua
index 760456a..1e9d579 100644
--- a/ftcsv.lua
+++ b/ftcsv.lua
@@ -142,17 +142,16 @@ local function parseString(inputString, inputLength, delimiter, i, headerField,
 
     local assignValue
     local outResults
+    -- outResults[1] = {}
     -- the headers haven't been set yet.
     -- aka this is the first run!
     if headerField == nil then
-        -- print("this is for headers")
         headerField = {}
         assignValue = function()
             headerField[fieldNum] = field
             return true
         end
     else
-        -- print("this is for magic")
         outResults = {}
         outResults[1] = {}
         assignValue = function()
@@ -267,11 +266,17 @@ local function parseString(inputString, inputLength, delimiter, i, headerField,
         assignValue()
     end
 
+    -- if there's no newline, the parser doesn't return headers correctly...
+    -- ex: a,b,c
+    if outResults == nil then
+        return headerField, i
+    end
+
     -- clean up last line if it's weird (this happens when there is a CRLF newline at end of file)
     -- doing a count gets it to pick up the oddballs
     local finalLineCount = 0
     local lastValue = nil
-    for k, v in pairs(outResults[lineNum]) do
+    for _, v in pairs(outResults[lineNum]) do
         finalLineCount = finalLineCount + 1
         lastValue = v
     end
diff --git a/spec/feature_spec.lua b/spec/feature_spec.lua
index 9ef5212..70c1bc4 100644
--- a/spec/feature_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/feature_spec.lua
@@ -114,6 +114,50 @@ describe("csv features", function()
 		assert.are.same(expected, actual)
 	end)
 
+	it("should handle files without (headers and newlines)", function()
+		local expected = {}
+		expected[1] = {}
+		expected[1][1] = "apple"
+		expected[1][2] = "banana"
+		expected[1][3] = "carrot"
+		local options = {loadFromString=true, headers=false}
+		local actual = ftcsv.parse("apple>banana>carrot", ">", options)
+		assert.are.same(expected, actual)
+	end)
+
+	it("should handle files without (headers and newlines) w/newline at end", function()
+		local expected = {}
+		expected[1] = {}
+		expected[1][1] = "apple"
+		expected[1][2] = "banana"
+		expected[1][3] = "carrot"
+		local options = {loadFromString=true, headers=false}
+		local actual = ftcsv.parse("apple>banana>carrot\n", ">", options)
+		assert.are.same(expected, actual)
+	end)
+
+	it("should handle files without (headers and newlines) w/crlf", function()
+		local expected = {}
+		expected[1] = {}
+		expected[1][1] = "apple"
+		expected[1][2] = "banana"
+		expected[1][3] = "carrot"
+		local options = {loadFromString=true, headers=false}
+		local actual = ftcsv.parse("apple>banana>carrot\r\n", ">", options)
+		assert.are.same(expected, actual)
+	end)
+
+	it("should handle files without (headers and newlines) w/cr", function()
+		local expected = {}
+		expected[1] = {}
+		expected[1][1] = "apple"
+		expected[1][2] = "banana"
+		expected[1][3] = "carrot"
+		local options = {loadFromString=true, headers=false}
+		local actual = ftcsv.parse("apple>banana>carrot\r", ">", options)
+		assert.are.same(expected, actual)
+	end)
+
 	it("should handle only renaming fields from files without headers", function()
 		local expected = {}
 		expected[1] = {}