diff --git a/Tag.cpp b/Tag.cpp
index bb5c413..dcc2100 100644
--- a/Tag.cpp
+++ b/Tag.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace jet {
 	      }
 	   }
 	} else
-	  throw coreutils::Exception("First character of (in) must be a <.");
+	  parseContainer(in);
      }
    
    Tag::~Tag() {
diff --git a/tests/testrandom.jet b/tests/testrandom.jet
index 87093ec..84cd75b 100755
--- a/tests/testrandom.jet
+++ b/tests/testrandom.jet
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!../jet-2.0
+This is a test
+<set name="var1" value="abc" />
 <jet cgi="true" name1="localname" filterblanklines="true" trimlines="true">
  <for name="ix" start="1" end="20" step="1">
   <set name="random" expr="random()" />
   $[random]
  </for>
 </jet>
+$[var1]