diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/HSLFSimpleShape.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/HSLFSimpleShape.java
index 824122b565..dd7afa4f9a 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/HSLFSimpleShape.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/HSLFSimpleShape.java
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public abstract class HSLFSimpleShape extends HSLFShape implements SimpleShape<H
         }
 
 
-        EscherPropertyTypes escherProp = ADJUST_VALUES[adjInt];
+        EscherPropertyTypes escherProp = ADJUST_VALUES[adjInt-1];
 
         int adjval = getEscherProperty(escherProp, -1);