diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0576914..f71c1fd 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: CancerEvolutionVisualization
 Title: Publication Quality Phylogenetic Tree Plots
 Version: 2.1.0
-Date: 2024-07-30
+Date: 2024-07-31
 Authors@R: c(
 	person("Paul Boutros", role = "cre", email = "PBoutros@mednet.ucla.edu"),
 	person("Adriana Salcedo", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1eb2f46..e198410 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CancerEvolutionVisualization 2.1.0 2024-07-3 (Helena Winata, Dan Knight)
+CancerEvolutionVisualization 2.1.0 2024-07-31 (Helena Winata, Dan Knight)
 
 ADDED
 * Optional "spread" column to control node/branch spacing
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ UPDATE
   their parent angle, instead moving "downward" at 0 degrees.
 * Updated package metadata and README
 * Set default parameters for heatmaps, defaulting too BPG defaults unless necessary
+* Fixed bug where horizontal tree segments rendered as zero-length segments
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CancerEvolutionVisualization 2.0.1 2023-11-17 (Helena Winata, Dan Knight)
diff --git a/R/add.segs.R b/R/add.segs.R
index a4fc155..f0902d9 100644
--- a/R/add.segs.R
+++ b/R/add.segs.R
@@ -149,12 +149,18 @@ get.seg.coords <- function(
             }
         );
 
-    if (length(grep('length',colnames(tree))) == 4) {
+    filter.zero.length.segs <- function(segs) {
+        seg.lengths <- sqrt(
+            (segs$tipx - segs$basex)^2 + (segs$tipy - segs$basey)^2
+            );
+        return(segs[seg.lengths > 0, ]);
+        }
+
+    if (length(grep('^length', colnames(tree))) == 4) {
         second.tree.segs <- tree.segs;
         second.tree.segs$tipy <- second.tree.segs$basey + second.tree.segs$length2.c * cos(second.tree.segs$angle);
         second.tree.segs$tipx <- second.tree.segs$basex + second.tree.segs$length2.c * sin(second.tree.segs$angle);
 
-
         second.tree.segs.adjusted <- adply(
             second.tree.segs,
             .margins = 1,
@@ -176,11 +182,11 @@ get.seg.coords <- function(
                 return(data.frame(basex, basey, tipx, tipy));
                 }
             );
-
-        second.tree.segs.adjusted <- second.tree.segs.adjusted[
-            which(second.tree.segs.adjusted$basey != second.tree.segs.adjusted$tipy), ];
         }
 
+    tree.segs.adjusted <- filter.zero.length.segs(tree.segs.adjusted);
+    second.tree.segs.adjusted <- filter.zero.length.segs(second.tree.segs.adjusted);
+
     tree.out <- list(
         tree.segs = tree.segs.adjusted,
         tree.segs2 = second.tree.segs.adjusted
@@ -225,24 +231,20 @@ add.tree.segs <- function(
             )
         );
 
-    if (!is.null(tree.segs2)) {
-        tree.segs2 <- tree.segs2[which(tree.segs2$basey != tree.segs2$tipy), ];
-
-        if (nrow(tree.segs2) > 0) {
-            out$tree.segs2 <- segmentsGrob(
-                name = 'tree.segs.2',
-                x0 = tree.segs2$basex,
-                y0 = tree.segs2$basey,
-                x1 = tree.segs2$tipx,
-                y1 = tree.segs2$tipy,
-                default.units = 'native',
-                gp = gpar(
-                    col = clone.out$v$edge.colour.2,
-                    lwd = clone.out$v$edge.width.2,
-                    lty = clone.out$v$edge.type.2
-                    )
-                );
-            }
+    if (!is.null(tree.segs2) && nrow(tree.segs2) > 0) {
+        out$tree.segs2 <- segmentsGrob(
+            name = 'tree.segs.2',
+            x0 = tree.segs2$basex,
+            y0 = tree.segs2$basey,
+            x1 = tree.segs2$tipx,
+            y1 = tree.segs2$tipy,
+            default.units = 'native',
+            gp = gpar(
+                col = clone.out$v$edge.colour.2,
+                lwd = clone.out$v$edge.width.2,
+                lty = clone.out$v$edge.type.2
+                )
+            );
         }
 
     clone.out$grobs <- c(clone.out$grobs, out)