diff --git a/src/T.cpp b/src/T.cpp
index ac4943e86..58a280f62 100644
--- a/src/T.cpp
+++ b/src/T.cpp
@@ -588,8 +588,6 @@ void T::parse (const std::string& line)
                 openAttrBracket + 1, closeAttrBracket - openAttrBracket - 1);
               std::vector <std::string> pairs;
               split (pairs, attributes, ' ');
-              if (pairs.size () == 0)
-                throw std::string ("Could not find any attributes.");
 
               for (size_t i = 0; i <  pairs.size (); ++i)
               {
diff --git a/src/T.h b/src/T.h
index 29537053f..fac345efa 100644
--- a/src/T.h
+++ b/src/T.h
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ public:
   void setUUID (const std::string& uuid)               { mUUID = uuid; }
 
   int getId () const                                   { return mId; }
-  void setId (int id)                                  { mId = id; }
+  void setId (int id)                                  { mId = id; mSequence.push_back (id); }
   std::vector <int> getAllIds () const                 { return mSequence; }
-  void addId (int id)                                  { mSequence.push_back (id); }
+  void addId (int id)                                  { if (mId == 0) mId = id; mSequence.push_back (id); }
 
   status getStatus () const                            { return mStatus; }
   void setStatus (status s)                            { mStatus = s; }