diff --git a/prompt_control/prompts.py b/prompt_control/prompts.py
index 018726e..9f34e3c 100644
--- a/prompt_control/prompts.py
+++ b/prompt_control/prompts.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from functools import partial
 from comfy_extras.nodes_mask import FeatherMask, MaskComposite
 from nodes import ConditioningAverage
 
-from .utils import safe_float, get_function, parse_floats, smarter_split
+from .utils import safe_float, get_function, split_by_function, parse_floats, smarter_split
 from .adv_encode import advanced_encode_from_tokens
 from .cutoff import process_cuts
 from .parser import parse_cuts
@@ -231,15 +231,13 @@ def encode_prompt_segment(
 
     # Chunks to ConditioningAverage:
 
-    text, averages = get_function(text, "AVG", ["0.5"], return_dict=True)
-    prev = 0
+    text, averages = split_by_function(text, "AVG", ["0.5"])
     prompts_to_avg = []
     for avg in averages:
         w = safe_float(avg["args"][0], 0.5)
-        p = text[prev : avg["position"]], w
-        prompts_to_avg.append(p)
-        prev = avg["position"]
-    prompts_to_avg.append((text[prev:], 1.0))
+        prompts_to_avg.append(text, w)
+        text = avg["text"]
+    prompts_to_avg.append((text, 1.0))
 
     conds_to_avg = []
     for prompt, weight in prompts_to_avg:
diff --git a/prompt_control/utils.py b/prompt_control/utils.py
index 32e58c0..7650fb5 100644
--- a/prompt_control/utils.py
+++ b/prompt_control/utils.py
@@ -116,14 +116,30 @@ def get_function(text, func, defaults, return_func_name=False, placeholder="", r
             instances.append(args)
 
         if placeholder:
-            text = text[:start] + f"\0{placeholder}{count}\0" + text[end + 1 :]
+            text = text[:start] + f"\0{placeholder}{count}\0" + text[end:]
         else:
-            text = text[:start] + text[end + 1 :]
+            text = text[:start] + text[end:]
         match = rex.search(text)
         count += 1
     return text, instances
 
 
+def split_by_function(text, func, defaults=None):
+    """
+    Splits a string by function calls, returning the text preceding the first call and a list of dictionaries with a "text" key with the prompt before the next split or until hthe end of the text.
+    """
+    text, functions = get_function(text, func, defaults, return_dict=True)
+    chunks = []
+    prev = 0
+    for f in functions:
+        chunks.append(text[prev : f["position"]])
+        prev = f["position"]
+    chunks.append(text[prev:])
+    for i, f in enumerate(functions):
+        f["text"] = chunks[i + 1]
+    return chunks[0], functions
+
+
 def parse_args(strings, arg_spec, strip=True):
     args = [s[1] for s in arg_spec]
     for i, spec in list(enumerate(arg_spec))[: len(strings)]: