diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a31a66c1..7dc57107 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM beta
 - updated Turkish translation (by Mehmet Kaya)
 - in NCC and Isolation Tools, the Validity Checking of the tools is now multithreaded when the Check Validity UI control is checked
 - translation strings updated
+- fixed an error in Gerber parser, when it encounter a pen-up followed by pen-down move while in a region
 
 2.11.2020
 
diff --git a/appParsers/ParseGerber.py b/appParsers/ParseGerber.py
index 17c703bd..2a0b50d7 100644
--- a/appParsers/ParseGerber.py
+++ b/appParsers/ParseGerber.py
@@ -953,36 +953,41 @@ class Gerber(Geometry):
                                 # Reset path starting point
                                 path = [[current_x, current_y]]
 
-                                # --- BUFFERED ---
-                                # Draw the flash
-                                # this treats the case when we are storing geometry as paths
-                                geo_dict = {}
-                                geo_flash = Point([current_x, current_y])
-                                follow_buffer.append(geo_flash)
-                                geo_dict['follow'] = geo_flash
+                                # treat the case when there is a flash inside a Gerber Region when the current_aperture
+                                # is None
+                                if current_aperture is None:
+                                    pass
+                                else:
+                                    # --- BUFFERED ---
+                                    # Draw the flash
+                                    # this treats the case when we are storing geometry as paths
+                                    geo_dict = {}
+                                    geo_flash = Point([current_x, current_y])
+                                    follow_buffer.append(geo_flash)
+                                    geo_dict['follow'] = geo_flash
 
-                                # this treats the case when we are storing geometry as solids
-                                flash = self.create_flash_geometry(
-                                    Point([current_x, current_y]),
-                                    self.apertures[current_aperture],
-                                    self.steps_per_circle
-                                )
-                                if not flash.is_empty:
-                                    if self.app.defaults['gerber_simplification']:
-                                        poly_buffer.append(flash.simplify(s_tol))
-                                    else:
-                                        poly_buffer.append(flash)
+                                    # this treats the case when we are storing geometry as solids
+                                    flash = self.create_flash_geometry(
+                                        Point([current_x, current_y]),
+                                        self.apertures[current_aperture],
+                                        self.steps_per_circle
+                                    )
+                                    if not flash.is_empty:
+                                        if self.app.defaults['gerber_simplification']:
+                                            poly_buffer.append(flash.simplify(s_tol))
+                                        else:
+                                            poly_buffer.append(flash)
 
-                                    if self.is_lpc is True:
-                                        geo_dict['clear'] = flash
-                                    else:
-                                        geo_dict['solid'] = flash
+                                        if self.is_lpc is True:
+                                            geo_dict['clear'] = flash
+                                        else:
+                                            geo_dict['solid'] = flash
 
-                                if current_aperture not in self.apertures:
-                                    self.apertures[current_aperture] = {}
-                                if 'geometry' not in self.apertures[current_aperture]:
-                                    self.apertures[current_aperture]['geometry'] = []
-                                self.apertures[current_aperture]['geometry'].append(deepcopy(geo_dict))
+                                    if current_aperture not in self.apertures:
+                                        self.apertures[current_aperture] = {}
+                                    if 'geometry' not in self.apertures[current_aperture]:
+                                        self.apertures[current_aperture]['geometry'] = []
+                                    self.apertures[current_aperture]['geometry'].append(deepcopy(geo_dict))
 
                             if making_region is False:
                                 # if the aperture is rectangle then add a rectangular shape having as parameters the