diff --git a/jplag/src/main/java/de/jplag/reporting/reportobject/mapper/ComparisonReportMapper.java b/jplag/src/main/java/de/jplag/reporting/reportobject/mapper/ComparisonReportMapper.java
index 5785bf444..1cc7d410d 100644
--- a/jplag/src/main/java/de/jplag/reporting/reportobject/mapper/ComparisonReportMapper.java
+++ b/jplag/src/main/java/de/jplag/reporting/reportobject/mapper/ComparisonReportMapper.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ private List<Match> convertMatchesToReportMatches(JPlagResult result, JPlagCompa
                 .map(match -> convertMatchToReportMatch(comparison, match, result.getOptions().getLanguage().supportsColumns())).toList();
     }
 
-    private Match convertMatchToReportMatch(JPlagComparison comparison, de.jplag.Match match, boolean usesIndex) {
+    private Match convertMatchToReportMatch(JPlagComparison comparison, de.jplag.Match match, boolean languageSupportsColumnsAndLines) {
         TokenList tokensFirst = comparison.getFirstSubmission().getTokenList();
         TokenList tokensSecond = comparison.getSecondSubmission().getTokenList();
         Token startTokenFirst = tokensFirst.getToken(match.startOfFirst());
@@ -44,13 +44,17 @@ private Match convertMatchToReportMatch(JPlagComparison comparison, de.jplag.Mat
         Token startTokenSecond = tokensSecond.getToken(match.startOfSecond());
         Token endTokenSecond = tokensSecond.getToken(match.startOfSecond() + match.length() - 1);
 
-        int startFirst = usesIndex ? startTokenFirst.getIndex() : startTokenFirst.getLine();
-        int endFirst = usesIndex ? endTokenFirst.getIndex() : endTokenFirst.getLine();
-        int startSecond = usesIndex ? startTokenSecond.getIndex() : startTokenSecond.getLine();
-        int endSecond = usesIndex ? endTokenSecond.getIndex() : endTokenSecond.getLine();
+        int startFirst = getPosition(languageSupportsColumnsAndLines, startTokenFirst);
+        int endFirst = getPosition(languageSupportsColumnsAndLines, endTokenFirst);
+        int startSecond = getPosition(languageSupportsColumnsAndLines, startTokenSecond);
+        int endSecond = getPosition(languageSupportsColumnsAndLines, endTokenSecond);
         int tokens = match.length();
 
         return new Match(startTokenFirst.getFile(), startTokenSecond.getFile(), startFirst, endFirst, startSecond, endSecond, tokens);
     }
 
+    private int getPosition(boolean languageSupportsColumnsAndLines, Token token) {
+        return languageSupportsColumnsAndLines ? token.getLine() : token.getIndex();
+    }
+
 }