Fix Issues #75, #146, and #166

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• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
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Closes #75, #146, and #166

These issues are all interrelated. #75 and #146 are actually duplicates. By resolving #146, as expected this loosens the condition that created the limitation for #166.