diff --git a/FlatCAMApp.py b/FlatCAMApp.py
index aec238e4..157d9f6b 100644
--- a/FlatCAMApp.py
+++ b/FlatCAMApp.py
@@ -5323,8 +5323,8 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         # try to quit the Socket opened by ArgsThread class
         try:
             self.new_launch.listener.close()
-        except Exception:
-            pass
+        except Exception as err:
+            log.debug("App.quit_application() --> %s" % str(err))
 
         # quit app by signalling for self.kill_app() method
         self.close_app_signal.emit()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e75e8fd6..97b4b23d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ CAD program, and create G-Code for Isolation routing.
 
 =================================================
 
+1.04.2020 
+
+- updated the SVG parser to take into consideration the 'Close' svg element and paths that are made from a single line (we may need to switch to svgpathtools module)
+
 30.03.2020
 
 - working to update the Paint Tool
diff --git a/flatcamParsers/ParseSVG.py b/flatcamParsers/ParseSVG.py
index edff621f..d5634944 100644
--- a/flatcamParsers/ParseSVG.py
+++ b/flatcamParsers/ParseSVG.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 # import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from svg.path import Line, Arc, CubicBezier, QuadraticBezier, parse_path
-from svg.path.path import Move
+from svg.path.path import Move, Close
 from shapely.geometry import LineString, LinearRing, MultiLineString
 from shapely.affinity import skew, affine_transform, rotate
 import numpy as np
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def path2shapely(path, object_type, res=1.0):
     geometry = []
     geo_element = None
     rings = []
+    closed = False
 
     for component in path:
         # Line
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ def path2shapely(path, object_type, res=1.0):
 
             # How many points to use in the discrete representation.
             length = component.length(res / 10.0)
-            steps = int(length / res + 0.5)
+            # steps = int(length / res + 0.5)
+            steps = int(length) * 2
 
             # solve error when step is below 1,
             # it may cause other problems, but LineString needs at least  two points
@@ -109,11 +111,29 @@ def path2shapely(path, object_type, res=1.0):
 
         # Move
         if isinstance(component, Move):
+            if not points:
+                continue
+            else:
+                rings.append(points)
+                if closed is False:
+                    points = []
+                else:
+                    closed = False
+                    start = component.start
+                    x, y = start.real, start.imag
+                    points = [(x, y)]
+            continue
+
+        closed = False
+
+        # Close
+        if isinstance(component, Close):
             if not points:
                 continue
             else:
                 rings.append(points)
                 points = []
+                closed = True
             continue
         log.warning("I don't know what this is: %s" % str(component))
         continue
@@ -122,8 +142,12 @@ def path2shapely(path, object_type, res=1.0):
 
     if points:
         rings.append(points)
+    try:
+        rings = MultiLineString(rings)
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.debug("ParseSVG.path2shapely() MString --> %s" % str(e))
+        return None
 
-    rings = MultiLineString(rings)
     if len(rings) > 0:
         if len(rings) == 1 and not isinstance(rings, MultiLineString):
             # Polygons are closed and require more than 2 points
@@ -139,7 +163,10 @@ def path2shapely(path, object_type, res=1.0):
                 for line in rings:
                     coords.append(line.coords[0])
                     coords.append(line.coords[1])
-                geo_element = Polygon(coords)
+                try:
+                    geo_element = Polygon(coords)
+                except Exception:
+                    geo_element = LineString(coords)
         geometry.append(geo_element)
     return geometry