diff --git a/src/cron/c/expression.c b/src/cron/c/expression.c
index 59d1bf0..4e1ca3c 100644
--- a/src/cron/c/expression.c
+++ b/src/cron/c/expression.c
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ void ce_next_from_now(cron_simple_time *out, cron_expression *ce) {
 	gmtime_r(&t, &gm);
 
 	cron_simple_time ref = {
-		.year = gm.tm_year,
+		// tm_year contains years since 1900
+		.year = 1900 + gm.tm_year,
 		// tm_mon goes from 0 to 11
 		.month = gm.tm_mon + 1,
 		.day = gm.tm_mday,
diff --git a/src/cron/c/parse.c b/src/cron/c/parse.c
index f54b818..7a66200 100644
--- a/src/cron/c/parse.c
+++ b/src/cron/c/parse.c
@@ -40,18 +40,6 @@ const uint8_t max_parts = 4;
  * - a-b/c
  */
 cron_parse_error ce_parse_range(uint64_t *out, char *s, uint8_t min, uint8_t max) {
-	// The * expression means "every possible value"
-	if (s[0] == '*') {
-		// A '*' is only valid on its own
-		if (s[1] != '\0') {
-			return cron_parse_invalid_expression;
-		}
-
-		*out = ~0;
-
-		return cron_parse_ok;
-	}
-
 	size_t slash_index = 0;
 	size_t dash_index = 0;
 	size_t i = 0;
@@ -74,14 +62,17 @@ cron_parse_error ce_parse_range(uint64_t *out, char *s, uint8_t min, uint8_t max
 	}
 
 	// Parse the three possible numbers in the pattern
-	uint8_t start = 0;
+	uint8_t start = min;
 	uint8_t end = max;
 	uint8_t interval = 1;
 
-	SAFE_ATOI(start, s, min, max);
+	// * simply sets start as min and end as max
+	if (!(s[0] == '*' && strlen(s) == 1)) {
+		SAFE_ATOI(start, s, min, max);
 
-	if (dash_index > 0) {
-		SAFE_ATOI(end, &s[dash_index + 1], min, max);
+		if (dash_index > 0) {
+			SAFE_ATOI(end, &s[dash_index + 1], min, max);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (slash_index > 0) {
diff --git a/src/cron/expression_test.v b/src/cron/expression_test.v
index 7d1516d..c016b72 100644
--- a/src/cron/expression_test.v
+++ b/src/cron/expression_test.v
@@ -34,3 +34,11 @@ fn test_next_simple() ! {
 	//// Overlap to next year
 	util_test_time('0 3', '2002-12-31 04:00:00', '2003-01-01 03:00:00')!
 }
+
+fn test_leading_star() {
+	mut x := false
+ 
+	parse_expression('*5 8') or { x = true }
+
+	assert x
+}