diff --git a/src/Controller/TAPI/JobOrderController.php b/src/Controller/TAPI/JobOrderController.php
index 943ac340..88924699 100644
--- a/src/Controller/TAPI/JobOrderController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/TAPI/JobOrderController.php
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ class JobOrderController extends APIController
         if (preg_match('/^09[0-9]{9}$/', $clean_number))
         {
             // strip the 0
-            $c_number = substr($clean_number, 0, 1);
+            $c_number = substr($clean_number, 1);
             return $c_number;
         }
         // does it fit our 9XXXXXXXXX pattern?
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ class JobOrderController extends APIController
         else if (preg_match('/^63[0-9]{10}$/', $clean_number))
         {
             // strip the 63 since we don't save the country code
-            $c_number = substr($clean_number, 0, 2);
+            $c_number = substr($clean_number, 2);
             return $c_number;
         }