diff --git a/mne/channels/montage.py b/mne/channels/montage.py
index b35ea2fafaf..c18d57c95bc 100644
--- a/mne/channels/montage.py
+++ b/mne/channels/montage.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def read_montage(kind, ch_names=None, path=None, unit='m', transform=False):
         az = np.deg2rad(np.array([90. - h if a >= 0. else -90. - h
                                   for h, a in zip(horiz, az)]))
         pol = radius * np.pi
-        pos = _sph_to_cart(np.array([np.ones(len(az)) * 85., az, pol])).T
+        pos = _sph_to_cart(np.array([np.ones(len(az)) * 85., az, pol]).T)
     elif ext == '.hpts':
         # MNE-C specified format for generic digitizer data
         dtype = [('type', 'S8'), ('name', 'S8'),
diff --git a/mne/channels/tests/test_montage.py b/mne/channels/tests/test_montage.py
index b1f26de192f..7f3c7158215 100644
--- a/mne/channels/tests/test_montage.py
+++ b/mne/channels/tests/test_montage.py
@@ -43,28 +43,34 @@ def test_montage():
     # no pep8
     input_str = [
         'FidNz 0.00000 10.56381 -2.05108\nFidT9 -7.82694 0.45386 -3.76056\n'
-        'very_very_very_long_name 7.82694 0.45386 -3.76056',
+        'very_very_very_long_name 7.82694 0.45386 -3.76056\nDmy 7.0 0.0 1.0',
         '// MatLab   Sphere coordinates [degrees]         Cartesian coordinates\n'  # noqa: E501
         '// Label       Theta       Phi    Radius         X         Y         Z       off sphere surface\n'  # noqa: E501
         'E1      37.700     -14.000       1.000    0.7677    0.5934   -0.2419  -0.00000000000000011\n'  # noqa: E501
         'E2      44.600      -0.880       1.000    0.7119    0.7021   -0.0154   0.00000000000000000\n'  # noqa: E501
-        'E3      51.700      11.000       1.000    0.6084    0.7704    0.1908   0.00000000000000000',  # noqa: E501
+        'E3      51.700      11.000       1.000    0.6084    0.7704    0.1908   0.00000000000000000\n'  # noqa: E501
+        'E4      52.700      12.000       1.000    0.7084    0.7504    0.1508   0.00000000000000000',  # noqa: E501; dummy line
         '# ASA electrode file\nReferenceLabel  avg\nUnitPosition    mm\n'
         'NumberPositions=    68\nPositions\n-86.0761 -19.9897 -47.9860\n'
         '85.7939 -20.0093 -48.0310\n0.0083 86.8110 -39.9830\n'
-        'Labels\nLPA\nRPA\nNz\n',
+        '85 -20 -48\n'
+        'Labels\nLPA\nRPA\nNz\nDummy\n',
         '# ASA electrode file\nReferenceLabel  avg\nUnitPosition    m\n'
         'NumberPositions=    68\nPositions\n-.0860761 -.0199897 -.0479860\n'
         '.0857939 -.0200093 -.0480310\n.0000083 .00868110 -.0399830\n'
-        'Labels\nLPA\nRPA\nNz\n',
+        '.08 -.02 -.04\n'
+        'Labels\nLPA\nRPA\nNz\nDummy\n',
         'Site  Theta  Phi\nFp1  -92    -72\nFp2   92     72\n'
-        'very_very_very_long_name   -60    -51\n',
+        'very_very_very_long_name   -60    -51\n'
+        'dummy -60 -52\n',
         '346\n'
         'EEG\t      F3\t -62.027\t -50.053\t      85\n'
         'EEG\t      Fz\t  45.608\t      90\t      85\n'
-        'EEG\t      F4\t   62.01\t  50.103\t      85\n',
-        'eeg Fp1 -95.0 -31.0 -3.0\neeg AF7 -81 -59 -3\neeg AF3 -87 -41 28\n'
+        'EEG\t      F4\t   62.01\t  50.103\t      85\n'
+        'EEG\t      FCz\t   68.01\t  58.103\t      85\n',
+        'eeg Fp1 -95.0 -3. -3.\neeg AF7 -1 -1 -3\neeg A3 -2 -2 2\neeg A 0 0 0'
     ]
+
     kinds = ['test.sfp', 'test.csd', 'test_mm.elc', 'test_m.elc', 'test.txt',
              'test.elp', 'test.hpts']
     for kind, text in zip(kinds, input_str):
@@ -74,9 +80,9 @@ def test_montage():
         montage = read_montage(fname)
         if ".sfp" in kind or ".txt" in kind:
             assert_true('very_very_very_long_name' in montage.ch_names)
-        assert_equal(len(montage.ch_names), 3)
+        assert_equal(len(montage.ch_names), 4)
         assert_equal(len(montage.ch_names), len(montage.pos))
-        assert_equal(montage.pos.shape, (3, 3))
+        assert_equal(montage.pos.shape, (4, 3))
         assert_equal(montage.kind, op.splitext(kind)[0])
         if kind.endswith('csd'):
             dtype = [('label', 'S4'), ('theta', 'f8'), ('phi', 'f8'),
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ def test_montage():
             except TypeError:
                 table = np.loadtxt(fname, skiprows=2, dtype=dtype)
             pos2 = np.c_[table['x'], table['y'], table['z']]
-            assert_array_almost_equal(pos2, montage.pos, 4)
+            assert_array_almost_equal(pos2[:-1, :], montage.pos[:-1, :], 4)
         if kind.endswith('elc'):
             # Make sure points are reasonable distance from geometric centroid
             centroid = np.sum(montage.pos, axis=0) / montage.pos.shape[0]