diff --git a/src/basecamp.cpp b/src/basecamp.cpp
index a7db03fd5504b..fd109a964e380 100644
--- a/src/basecamp.cpp
+++ b/src/basecamp.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ expansion_data basecamp::parse_expansion( const std::string &terrain,
     expansion_data e;
     size_t last_bar = terrain.find_last_of( '_' );
     e.type = terrain.substr( base_camps::prefix_len, last_bar - base_camps::prefix_len );
-    e.cur_level = std::stoi( terrain.substr( last_bar + 1 ) );
+    e.cur_level = std::stoi( "0" + terrain.substr( last_bar + 1 ) );
     e.pos = new_pos;
     return e;
 }
diff --git a/src/faction_camp.cpp b/src/faction_camp.cpp
index 554a67add9e3e..a689b83d46a77 100644
--- a/src/faction_camp.cpp
+++ b/src/faction_camp.cpp
@@ -683,8 +683,14 @@ void talk_function::start_camp( npc &p )
     for( const auto &om_near : om_building_region( omt_pos, 3 ) ) {
         const oter_id &om_type = oter_id( om_near.first );
         if( is_ot_match( "faction_base", om_type, ot_match_type::contains ) ) {
-            popup( _( "You are too close to another camp!" ) );
-            return;
+            tripoint_abs_omt const &building_omt_pos = om_near.second;
+            std::vector<basecamp> const &camps = overmap_buffer.get_om_global( building_omt_pos ).om->camps;
+            if( std::any_of( camps.cbegin(), camps.cend(), [&building_omt_pos]( const basecamp & camp ) {
+            return camp.camp_omt_pos() == building_omt_pos;
+            } ) ) {
+                popup( _( "You are too close to another camp!" ) );
+                return;
+            }
         }
     }
     const recipe &making = camp_type.obj();