diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/mci/brailleplot/App.java b/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/mci/brailleplot/App.java
index 92824ced538eafa1423c8c25c6299d088595d81b..c3c7385265447ae14842d8e270f71c2f80522946 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/mci/brailleplot/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/mci/brailleplot/App.java
@@ -151,13 +151,12 @@ public final class App {
 
             // Parse csv data
             ClassLoader classloader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
-            InputStream csvStream = classloader.getResourceAsStream("examples/csv/0_bar_chart_categorical.csv");
+            InputStream csvStream = classloader.getResourceAsStream("examples/csv/0_bar_chart_vertical.csv");
             Reader csvReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(csvStream));
 
             CsvParser csvParser = new CsvParser(csvReader, ',', '\"');
-            PointListContainer<PointList> container = csvParser.parse(CsvType.X_ALIGNED_CATEGORIES, CsvOrientation.VERTICAL);
+            PointListContainer<PointList> container = csvParser.parse(CsvType.X_ALIGNED_CATEGORIES, CsvOrientation.HORIZONTAL);
             System.out.print("mCscData: " + csvParser.mCsvData + "\n");
-            System.out.print("container: " + container + "\n" + "fertig");
             mLogger.debug("Internal data representation:\n {}", container.toString());
             BarChart barChart = new BarChart(container);
             System.out.print("names: " + barChart.getCategoryNames() + "\n");
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/mci/brailleplot/csvparser/CsvXAlignedCategoriesParser.java b/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/mci/brailleplot/csvparser/CsvXAlignedCategoriesParser.java
index aaa077bb2de8f14dc8853b624d4c50166b5ca489..79eb0f7896990c17191a0d9300ecb104ec6f17dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/mci/brailleplot/csvparser/CsvXAlignedCategoriesParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/mci/brailleplot/csvparser/CsvXAlignedCategoriesParser.java
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ public class CsvXAlignedCategoriesParser extends CsvParseAlgorithm {
         Iterator<String> lineIterator = rowIterator.next().iterator();
 
         // Move the iterator to the first category name
-        if (!lineIterator.hasNext()) {
+        /*if (!lineIterator.hasNext()) {
             return container;
         }
 
-        lineIterator.next();
+        lineIterator.next();*/
 
         if (!lineIterator.hasNext()) {
             return container;
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ public class CsvXAlignedCategoriesParser extends CsvParseAlgorithm {
             if (!lineIterator.hasNext()) {
                 continue;
             }
+
+            if (!categoriesIt.hasNext()) {
+                System.out.print(categories);
+                System.out.print("fail");
+                return container;
+            }
             String category = categoriesIt.next();
             PointList pointList = new SimplePointListImpl(category);
             container.pushBack(pointList);
@@ -134,7 +140,9 @@ public class CsvXAlignedCategoriesParser extends CsvParseAlgorithm {
 
             // Find out the category title
             String currentCategory = lineIterator.next();
-            it.next().setName(currentCategory);
+            if (it.hasNext()) {
+                it.next().setName(currentCategory);
+            }
 
             // Find out the mY values and add the points to the respective lists
             int currentDataSet = 0;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/examples/csv/0_bar_chart_vertical.csv b/src/main/resources/examples/csv/0_bar_chart_vertical.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4af2062281540534bcc3806841c68153c08aad24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/examples/csv/0_bar_chart_vertical.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Kat.1,Kat.2,Kat.3
+Reihe a,3,4,"4,5"
+Reihe b,"2,5",3,3
+Reihe c,1,2,1
+Reihe d,3,5,"0,2"