diff --git a/include/Release.htm b/include/Release.htm
index 8673b1f..fe58c8d 100644
--- a/include/Release.htm
+++ b/include/Release.htm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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 <h1><br><span class="pink">exhale</span> - <span class="pink">e</span>codis e<span class="pink">x</span>tended <span class="pink">h</span>igh-efficiency <span class="pink">a</span>nd <span class="pink">l</span>ow-complexity <span class="pink">e</span>ncoder<br><span class="gray"><sup><br>Software Release Notes, Version History, Known Issues, Upcoming Feature Roadmap</sup></span><br><br></h1>
-<h3>&nbsp; &nbsp;The version of this distribution of the &laquo;exhale&raquo; software release is <b>1.2.1</b> (official pub&shy;lic major release) from December 2023. Please check <a href="http://www.ecodis.de/audio.htm#mpeg">www.ecodis.de</a> regularly for new versions of this software. A summary of each version up to this release, a list of known issues with this release, and a roadmap of additional functionality are provided below.</h3>
+<h3>&nbsp; &nbsp;The version of this distribution of the &laquo;exhale&raquo; software release is <b>1.2.1</b> (official pub&shy;lic minor release) from December 2023. Please check <a href="http://www.ecodis.de/audio.htm#mpeg">www.ecodis.de</a> regularly for new versions of this software. A summary of each version up to this release, a list of known issues with this release, and a roadmap of additional functionality are provided below.</h3>
 <h3><br><b>Chronological Version History</b></h3>
 <h3>&nbsp; &nbsp;Version <b>1.2.1 <span class="gray">&nbsp;Dec. 2023, this release</span></b></h3>
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diff --git a/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp b/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp
index 71faf3d..90294b7 100644
--- a/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp
@@ -1186,8 +1186,8 @@ unsigned ExhaleEncoder::quantizationCoding ()  // apply MDCT quantization and en
             memset (&arithTuples[lastSOff], 1, (swbM1Size >> 1) * sizeof (char));
           }
           // correct next scale factor if the reduction exceeds 60
-          if ((b + 1u < grpData.sfbsPerGroup) && (sfIdxPred < UCHAR_MAX) && (grpLength == 1) &&
-              (grpScaleFacs[b] > grpScaleFacs[b + 1] + INDEX_OFFSET))
+          if ((b + 2u < grpData.sfbsPerGroup) && (sfIdxPred < UCHAR_MAX) && (grpScaleFacs[b + 1]) &&
+              (sfIdxPred > grpScaleFacs[b + 1] + INDEX_OFFSET))
           {
             grpScaleFacs[b + 1] = grpScaleFacs[b] - INDEX_OFFSET; // avoid preset-9 zero-out
           }