diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/AlternativesActivity.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/AlternativesActivity.java
index 3fd5788f9..fee767b31 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/AlternativesActivity.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/AlternativesActivity.java
@@ -200,17 +200,17 @@ public class AlternativesActivity extends ListActivity {
 			    		phrase = phrase.substring(2);
 			    	}
 
-			    	// parse error or unknown translations (in []) present, darkest red color
-			    	else if (phrase.contains("parse error:") || phrase.contains("[")) {
-			    		descView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.second_person_worst_utterance_bg));
-			    	}
-
 			    	// parse by chunks, marked by *, red color
 			    	else if (phrase.charAt(0) == '*') {
 			    		descView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.second_person_chunk_utterance_bg));
 			    		phrase = phrase.substring(2);
 			    	}
 
+			    	// parse error or unknown translations (in []) present, darkest red color
+			    	else if (phrase.contains("parse error:") || phrase.contains("[")) {
+			    		descView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.second_person_worst_utterance_bg));
+			    	}
+
 			    	// parse by domain grammar, marked by +, green color
 			    	else if (phrase.charAt(0) == '+') {
 			    		descView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.second_person_best_utterance_bg));
diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/ConversationView.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/ConversationView.java
index b36555706..5800498fe 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/ConversationView.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/ConversationView.java
@@ -132,17 +132,17 @@ public class ConversationView extends ScrollView {
     		target = target.subSequence(2, target.length()) ;
     	}
 
-    	// parse error or unknown translations (in []) present, darkest red color
-    	else if (target.toString().contains("parse error:") || target.toString().contains("[")) {
-    		view.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.second_person_worst_utterance_bg));
-    	}
-
     	// parse by chunks, marked by *, red color
     	else if (target.charAt(0) == '*') {
     		view.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.second_person_chunk_utterance_bg));
     		target = target.subSequence(2, target.length()) ;
     	}
 
+    	// parse error or unknown translations (in []) present, darkest red color
+    	else if (target.toString().contains("parse error:") || target.toString().contains("[")) {
+    		view.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.second_person_worst_utterance_bg));
+    	}
+
     	// parse by domain grammar, marked by +, green color
     	else if (target.charAt(0) == '+') {
     		view.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.second_person_best_utterance_bg));