diff --git a/libmscore/chordrest.cpp b/libmscore/chordrest.cpp
index beeefe604b..f00989a265 100644
--- a/libmscore/chordrest.cpp
+++ b/libmscore/chordrest.cpp
@@ -346,14 +346,24 @@ bool ChordRest::readProperties(XmlReader& e)
             if (id == 0)
                   id = e.intAttribute("number");                  // obsolete
             Spanner* spanner = e.findSpanner(id);
-            if (!spanner)
-                  qDebug("ChordRest::read(): Slur id %d not found", id);
+            QString atype(e.attribute("type"));
+
+            if (!spanner) {
+                  if (atype == "stop") {
+                        SpannerValues sv;
+                        sv.spannerId = id;
+                        sv.track2    = e.track();
+                        sv.tick2     = e.tick();
+                        e.addSpannerValues(sv);
+                        }
+                  else if (atype == "start")
+                        qDebug("spanner: start without spanner");
+                  }
             else {
-                  QString atype(e.attribute("type"));
                   if (atype == "start") {
+                        if (spanner->ticks() > 0 && spanner->tick() == 0) // stop has been read first
+                              spanner->setTicks(spanner->ticks() - e.tick());
                         spanner->setTick(e.tick());
-                        if (spanner->ticks() > 0) // stop has been read first, ticks is tick2 - (-1)
-                        	spanner->setTick2(spanner->ticks() - 1);
                         spanner->setTrack(track());
                         if (spanner->type() == Element::Type::SLUR)
                               spanner->setStartElement(this);
diff --git a/libmscore/measure.cpp b/libmscore/measure.cpp
index 9fca527b30..559460ab11 100644
--- a/libmscore/measure.cpp
+++ b/libmscore/measure.cpp
@@ -1986,7 +1986,6 @@ void Measure::read(XmlReader& e, int staffIdx)
                   Slur *sl = new Slur(score());
                   sl->setTick(e.tick());
                   sl->read(e);
-                  score()->addSpanner(sl);
                   //
                   // check if we already saw "endSpanner"
                   //
@@ -1994,7 +1993,9 @@ void Measure::read(XmlReader& e, int staffIdx)
                   const SpannerValues* sv = e.spannerValues(id);
                   if (sv) {
                         sl->setTick2(sv->tick2);
+                        sl->setTrack2(sv->track2);
                         }
+                  score()->addSpanner(sl);
                   }
             else if (tag == "HairPin"
                || tag == "Pedal"
diff --git a/libmscore/xml.cpp b/libmscore/xml.cpp
index 84d54d514b..604b019e7b 100644
--- a/libmscore/xml.cpp
+++ b/libmscore/xml.cpp
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ void Xml::writeXml(const QString& name, QString s)
 //   spannerValues
 //---------------------------------------------------------
 
-const SpannerValues* XmlReader::spannerValues(int id)
+const SpannerValues* XmlReader::spannerValues(int id) const
       {
       for (const SpannerValues& v : _spannerValues) {
             if (v.spannerId == id)
diff --git a/libmscore/xml.h b/libmscore/xml.h
index bdceca9dc3..7dde78f130 100644
--- a/libmscore/xml.h
+++ b/libmscore/xml.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class XmlReader : public XmlStreamReader {
       int spannerId(const Spanner*);      // returns spanner id, allocates new one if none exists
 
       void addSpannerValues(const SpannerValues& sv) { _spannerValues.append(sv); }
-      const SpannerValues* spannerValues(int id);
+      const SpannerValues* spannerValues(int id) const;
       QList<StaffType>& staffType() { return _staffTypes; }
       Interval transpose() const { return _transpose; }
       void setTransposeChromatic(int v) { _transpose.chromatic = v; }