diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/langopts.c b/src/libespeak-ng/langopts.c
index 7a49f6ac..cd2f6fa9 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/langopts.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/langopts.c
@@ -110,8 +110,21 @@ void LoadLanguageOptions(Translator *translator, int key, char *keyValue ) {
 
                         break;
                     }
+        case V_STRESSAMP: {
+                if (CheckTranslator(translator, langopts_tab, key) != 0)
+                    break;
 
+                int stress_amps_set = 0;
+                int stress_amps[8];
 
+                stress_amps_set = Read8Numbers(keyValue, stress_amps);
+
+                for (ix = 0; ix < stress_amps_set; ix++) {
+                    translator->stress_amps[ix] = stress_amps[ix];
+                }
+
+                break;
+            }
 		case V_STRESSLENGTH: {
         			if (CheckTranslator(translator, langopts_tab, key) != 0)
         				break;
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/voices.c b/src/libespeak-ng/voices.c
index ad203636..75b8549f 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/voices.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/voices.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ enum {
 const MNEM_TAB langopts_tab[] = {
 	{ "lowercaseSentence",	V_LOWERCASE_SENTENCE },
     { "stressAdd",    V_STRESSADD },
+    { "stressAmp",    V_STRESSAMP },
     { "stressLength", V_STRESSLENGTH },
 
 	{ "maintainer",   V_MAINTAINER },
@@ -141,7 +142,6 @@ static const MNEM_TAB keyword_tab[] = {
 	{ "pitch",        V_PITCH },
 	{ "phonemes",     V_PHONEMES },
 	{ "dictionary",   V_DICTIONARY },
-	{ "stressAmp",    V_STRESSAMP },
 	{ "intonation",   V_INTONATION },
 	{ "tunes",        V_TUNES },
 	{ "dictrules",    V_DICTRULES },
@@ -715,21 +715,6 @@ voice_t *LoadVoice(const char *vname, int control)
                 break;
 
 
-            case V_STRESSAMP: { // stressAmp
-                if (CheckTranslator(translator, keyword_tab, key) != 0)
-                    break;
-
-                int stress_amps_set = 0;
-                int stress_amps[8];
-                stress_amps_set = Read8Numbers(p, stress_amps);
-                for (ix = 0; ix < stress_amps_set; ix++) {
-                    translator->stress_amps[ix] = stress_amps[ix];
-                }
-
-                break;
-            }
-
-
             case V_INTONATION: // intonation
                 sscanf(p, "%d", &option_tone_flags);
                 if ((option_tone_flags & 0xff) != 0) {