diff --git a/Global.cpp b/Global.cpp
index d8c8160..51e158d 100644
--- a/Global.cpp
+++ b/Global.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ namespace jet {
       coreutils::MString name = variable.getTokenInclude("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789._-");
       if(variable.ifNext("]"))
 	return name;
+      if(variable.startsWith("$[")) {
+	 name << getVariable(variable);
+	 return name;
+      }	 
+      return coreutils::MString("");
    }
    
 }
diff --git a/testjet.cpp b/testjet.cpp
index 2d258b9..919614d 100644
--- a/testjet.cpp
+++ b/testjet.cpp
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			   " </html>\n"
 			   "</jet>\n");
 
-   coreutils::ZString data("<jet>\n"
-			    " <set name=\"test\" value=\"0123456789\" />\n"
-			    " $[test]\n"
+   coreutils::ZString data("<jet filterblanklines=\"true\">\n"
+			    " <set name=\"test1\" value=\"0123456789\" />\n"
+			    " <set name=\"ix\" value=\"1\" />\n"
+			    " $[test$[ix]]\n"
 			    "</jet>\n");
 
 //   coreutils::ZString data("<jet>ABC<jet>HIJ</jet>XYZ</jet>\n");