diff --git a/fix_tei.py b/fix_tei.py
index ed2d1d6..9e75a00 100644
--- a/fix_tei.py
+++ b/fix_tei.py
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ def parse_cited_range(list_of_xml_elements):
             cited_range.set("from", split_values[0])
             cited_range.set("to", split_values[2])
         else:
-            logging.info("Splitting the page range produced unexpected result. Tried to split %s" % from_value)
+            logging.info("Splitting the page range produced unexpected result. Tried to split %s. Wrote to text field." % from_value)
+            cited_range.text = from_value
+            cited_range.attrib.pop("from")
             unsplittable_pageref.append(from_value)
 
     return unsplittable_pageref