diff --git a/1992/vern/Makefile b/1992/vern/Makefile
index 044a7fa95..72e0196e9 100644
--- a/1992/vern/Makefile
+++ b/1992/vern/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ include ../../var.mk
 #
 CSILENCE= -Wno-bitwise-conditional-parentheses -Wno-dangling-else -Wno-error \
 	-Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-parentheses -Wno-pedantic \
-	-Wno-return-type -Wno-shift-op-parentheses -Wno-deprecated-non-prototype
+	-Wno-return-type -Wno-shift-op-parentheses -Wno-deprecated-non-prototype \
+	-Wno-implicit-int
 
 # Common C compiler warning flags
 #
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ ${PROG}: ${PROG}.tmp.c
 ${PROG}.tmp.c: ${PROG}.c
 	${RM} -f $@
 	${SED} <${PROG}.c 's/{ /(/g;s/} /)/g;s/;	/#define /' | \
-	    ${SED} 's/}	/=/g;s/{	/i/g' >$@
+	    ${SED} 's/}	/=/g;s/{	/i/g;s/|	/ii/g' >$@
 
 # alternative executable
 #
diff --git a/1992/vern/README.md b/1992/vern/README.md
index 92dd46e3a..83ad1422b 100644
--- a/1992/vern/README.md
+++ b/1992/vern/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ make all
 The current status of this entry is:
 
 ```
-STATUS: known bug - please help us fix
 STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
 ```
 
diff --git a/1992/vern/vern.c b/1992/vern/vern.c
index 3020a5a37..032786a0d 100644
--- a/1992/vern/vern.c
+++ b/1992/vern/vern.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 ;	b else
 ;	u while
 ;	B if
+char ii[5],jj[5];
 U v,w,Y}	 -1,W,J,p,F,o}	f,M,N,K,X,YY,_,P[f],s{ } ;
 typedef U{ *L} { } ;
 L q[f];
@@ -174,10 +175,13 @@ V{ ; ; } {
 y{ } ; 
 o}	f; 
 do{
+ii[0]='\0';
+jj[0]='\0';
+i=j=0;
 H"\n%d %d %d %s ",X,T,C{ } ,s{ } ?"!":">"} ;
 fflush{ stdout} ; 
 }
-u{ scanf{ "%o%o",&{	,&j} !}	2||I{ {	,j,1} } ;
+u{ scanf{ "%4s%4s",|	,jj} !}	2||(i=strtol(ii,NULL,8))<0||i>077||(j=strtol(jj,NULL,8))<0||j>077||I{ {	,j,1} } ;
 O{ {	,j} ; 
 y{ } ; 
 X}	0; 
diff --git a/bugs.md b/bugs.md
index 32c018f12..f6dda9b90 100644
--- a/bugs.md
+++ b/bugs.md
@@ -946,22 +946,6 @@ it can 'rub your nose in defeat', as the author puts it. You will have to exit
 it yourself through ctrl-c or killing it in some other fashion.
 
 
-### STATUS: known bug - please help us fix
-
-If one enters a number out of range, that is < 00 or > 77, the program will
-enter an infinite loop, flooding the screen.
-
-You are welcome to try and fix this (mis)feature. It might help if you run the
-intermediate step in compilation like so:
-
-```sh
-sed <vern.c 's/{ /(/g;s/} /)/g;s/;       /#define /' | \
-    sed 's/}      /=/g;s/{        /i/g' >vern.tmp.c
-```
-
-and look at `vern.tmp.c` instead, to give you an idea of what is going on.
-
-
 ## 1992 westley
 
 ### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index 0fed1f832..ea6e686f9 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Ferguson](https://www.ioccc.org/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) who is
 responsible for most of the improvements and fixes including many **EXTREMELY
 HARD bug fixes** like
 [1988/phillipps](/thanks-for-fixes.md#1988phillipps-readmemd),
+[1992/vern](/thanks-for-fixes.md#1992vern-readmemd),
 [2001/anonymous](/thanks-for-fixes.md#2001anonymous-readmemd) and
 [2004/burley](/thanks-for-fixes.md#2004burley-readmemd), making entries like
 [1985/sicherman](/thanks-for-fixes.md#1985sicherman-readmemd) and
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ entries to macOS (some being **EXTREMELY HARD** like
 [1998/schweikh1](/thanks-for-fixes.md#1998schweikh1-readmemd)), fixing code like
 [2001/herrmann2](/thanks-for-fixes.md#2001herrmann2-readmemd) to work in both
 32-bit/64-bit which *can be* **EXTREMELY HARD**, providing alternate code
-where useful/necessary, fixing where possible/removing dead links,
+where useful/necessary, fixing possible/removing dead links,
 typo/consistency fixes, improving **ALL _Makefiles_** and writing
 [sgit](https://github.com/xexyl/sgit) that we installed locally to easily run
 `sed` on files in the repo to help build the website. **THANK YOU VERY MUCH**
@@ -1597,6 +1598,20 @@ Cody also added the [try.sh](1992/nathan/try.sh) script that runs a few commands
 that we suggested as well as one he provided.
 
 
+## [1992/vern](1992/vern/vern.c) ([README.md](1992/vern/README.md]))
+
+Cody fixed an infinite loop if one were to input numbers < `0` or > `077`. The
+problem was that it tried to use `scanf(3)` with the format specifier `"%o %o"` in a
+loop, reading again if `scanf(3)` did not return 2 (that was not a problem in
+that `scanf(2)` will not return until the number of specifiers have been
+processed or some error occurs) or a function it called returned non-zero.
+
+Instead the fix involves the `scanf(3)` specifiers being `"%4s %4s" on two
+new char arrays (always cleared in the beginning of the loop) and then using
+`strtol(3)` with a base of `8` (as it's octal), checking for `< 0 || > 077` on
+both numbers (using `"%o %o"` does not solve the problem).
+
+
 ## [1992/westley](1992/westley/westley.c) ([README.md](1992/westley/README.md]))
 
 Cody fixed this to work for clang by changing the third and fourth arg of