diff --git a/lib/vdyp-common/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/vdyp/application/Processor.java b/lib/vdyp-common/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/vdyp/application/Processor.java
index 347373fde..a6053e727 100644
--- a/lib/vdyp-common/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/vdyp/application/Processor.java
+++ b/lib/vdyp-common/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/vdyp/application/Processor.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public void run(
 				Path controlFilePath = inputFileResolver.toPath(controlFileName).getParent();
 				FileSystemFileResolver relativeResolver = new FileSystemFileResolver(controlFilePath);
 
-				parser.parse(is, relativeResolver, controlMap);
+				controlMap = parser.parse(is, relativeResolver, controlMap);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/vdyp-common/src/test/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/vdyp/application/ProcessorTest.java b/lib/vdyp-common/src/test/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/vdyp/application/ProcessorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a77521a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vdyp-common/src/test/java/ca/bc/gov/nrs/vdyp/application/ProcessorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package ca.bc.gov.nrs.vdyp.application;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+import org.easymock.EasyMock;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import ca.bc.gov.nrs.vdyp.io.FileResolver;
+import ca.bc.gov.nrs.vdyp.io.parse.common.ResourceParseException;
+import ca.bc.gov.nrs.vdyp.io.parse.control.BaseControlParser;
+import ca.bc.gov.nrs.vdyp.test.MockFileResolver;
+import ca.bc.gov.nrs.vdyp.test.TestUtils;
+
+class ProcessorTest {
+
+	@Test
+	void test() throws IOException, ResourceParseException, ProcessingException {
+
+		Processor unit = EasyMock.partialMockBuilder(Processor.class).addMockedMethod("getControlFileParser")
+				.addMockedMethod("process", Set.class, Map.class, Optional.class, Predicate.class).createStrictMock();
+
+		BaseControlParser controlParser = EasyMock.createMock(BaseControlParser.class);
+
+		var inputResolver = new MockFileResolver("input");
+		var outputResolver = new MockFileResolver("output");
+
+		var is = TestUtils.makeInputStream("TEST");
+
+		inputResolver.addStream("test.ctr", is);
+
+		var mockMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+		EasyMock.expect(
+				controlParser
+						.parse(EasyMock.same(is), EasyMock.anyObject(FileResolver.class), EasyMock.anyObject(Map.class))
+		).andStubReturn(mockMap);
+
+		EasyMock.expect(unit.getControlFileParser()).andStubReturn(controlParser);
+
+		unit.process(
+				EasyMock.eq(EnumSet.allOf(Pass.class)), EasyMock.same(mockMap), EasyMock.anyObject(Optional.class),
+				EasyMock.anyObject(Predicate.class)
+		);
+		EasyMock.expectLastCall();
+
+		EasyMock.replay(unit, controlParser);
+
+		unit.run(inputResolver, outputResolver, List.of("test.ctr"), EnumSet.allOf(Pass.class));
+
+		EasyMock.verify(unit, controlParser);
+	}
+}