diff --git a/src/main/java/w2phtml/xhtml/ODFPageSplitter.java b/src/main/java/w2phtml/xhtml/ODFPageSplitter.java
index 4fccd55..78f3019 100644
--- a/src/main/java/w2phtml/xhtml/ODFPageSplitter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/w2phtml/xhtml/ODFPageSplitter.java
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ public class ODFPageSplitter {
 				} else if (nodeName.equals(TEXT_ALPHABETICAL_INDEX)) {
 					splitABIndex(child);
 				} else if (nodeName.equals(TEXT_SECTION)) {
-					Node sectionFirstPart = handleSection(child);
-						if (sectionFirstPart != null) {
-							onode.insertBefore(sectionFirstPart, child);
+						if (handleSection(child)) {
 							style = ofr.getSectionStyle(Misc.getAttribute(child, TEXT_SECTION));
 						}
 				} else if (nodeName.equals(TEXT_TABLE_OF_CONTENT)){
@@ -537,7 +535,8 @@ public class ODFPageSplitter {
 		}
 		return dataMoved;
 	}
-	private static Node handleSection(Node section) {
+	private static boolean handleSection(Node section) {
+		Node parent = section.getParentNode();
 		setLastAttribute(section);
 		Node sectionFirstPart = section.cloneNode(false);
 		removeLastAttribute(sectionFirstPart);
@@ -571,9 +570,8 @@ public class ODFPageSplitter {
 							dataMoved=true;
 						}
 					} else if (nodeName.equals(TEXT_SECTION)) {
-						Node childSectionFirstPart = handleSection(child);
-						if (childSectionFirstPart != null){
-							sectionFirstPart.appendChild(childSectionFirstPart);
+						if (handleSection(child)){
+							sectionFirstPart.appendChild(child.getPreviousSibling());
 							dataMoved=true;
 						}
 					} else if (nodeName.equals(TEXT_LIST)) {
@@ -595,10 +593,10 @@ public class ODFPageSplitter {
 			
 		}
 		if (dataMoved) {
-			return sectionFirstPart;
+			parent.insertBefore(sectionFirstPart, section);
 		} 
 		
-		return null;
+		return dataMoved;
 		
 	}