diff --git a/Global.cpp b/Global.cpp
index be623fd..f1c3c62 100644
--- a/Global.cpp
+++ b/Global.cpp
@@ -40,20 +40,25 @@ namespace jet {
    coreutils::ZString Global::getVariable(coreutils::ZString &variable) {
       if(variable.ifNext("$[")) {
 	 coreutils::MString name;
+	 coreutils::MString modifier;
 	 if(variable.ifNext("!")) {
-	    return variables[renderVariableName(name, variable)];
+	    return variables[renderVariableName(variable, name, modifier)];
 	 } if(variable.ifNext(":")) {
 	    // TODO: should only allow CGI variable name. Allow variable substitution.
 	 } if(variable.ifNext("@")) {
 	    // TODO: should only allow environment variables. Allow substitution.
 	 } if(variable.ifNext("$")) {
-	    return getenv(renderVariableName(name, variable).c_str());
+	    return getenv(renderVariableName(variable, name, modifier).c_str());
 	 } else {
-	    coreutils::MString splitName = renderVariableName(name, variable);
-	    splitName.split(".");
-	    if(splitName.getList().size() == 1)
-	      return variables[splitName[0]];
-	    return getSessionVariable(splitName);
+	    renderVariableName(variable, name, modifier);
+	    if(!variable.ifNext("]")) {
+	       std::cout << "unparsed: " << variable.unparsed() << std::endl;
+	       throw coreutils::Exception("expecting ] to close variable name.");
+	    }
+	    name.split(".");
+	    if(name.getList().size() == 1)
+	      return variables[name[0]];
+	    return getSessionVariable(name);
 	 }
 	 throw coreutils::Exception("expected variable name or type designator.");	 
       } if(variable.ifNext("#[")) {
@@ -64,16 +69,15 @@ namespace jet {
       throw coreutils::Exception("Expecting a variable initializer ('$[' or '#[').");
    }
 
-   coreutils::MString Global::renderVariableName(coreutils::MString &name, coreutils::ZString &variable) {
+   coreutils::MString Global::renderVariableName(coreutils::ZString &variable, coreutils::MString &name, coreutils::MString &modifier) {
       name << variable.getTokenInclude("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789._-");
-      if(variable.ifNext("]"))
-	return name;
-      if(variable.startsWith("$[")) {
+      if(variable.ifNext("]"));
+      else if(variable.ifNext(";")) {	   
+	 modifier = renderVariableName(variable, modifier, modifier);
+      }      
+      else if(variable.startsWith("$[")) {	   
 	 name << getVariable(variable);
-	 if(variable.ifNext("]"))
-	   return name;
-      } 
-      renderVariableName(name, variable);	 
+      }
       return name;
    }
 
diff --git a/Global.h b/Global.h
index baa78b5..bad9292 100644
--- a/Global.h
+++ b/Global.h
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ namespace  jet {
       void addSession(coreutils::MString sessionId, __mysql *mysql);
       void removeSession(coreutils::MString sessionId);
       coreutils::ZString getVariable(coreutils::ZString &variable);
-      coreutils::MString renderVariableName(coreutils::MString &name, coreutils::ZString &variable);
+      coreutils::MString renderVariableName(coreutils::ZString &variable, coreutils::MString &name, coreutils::MString &modifier);
       __mysql * getSession(coreutils::MString sessionId);
       coreutils::ZString getSessionVariable(coreutils::MString &splitName);
       void outputHeaders();
       
       std::map<coreutils::MString, coreutils::MString> variables;
+      std::map<coreutils::MString, coreutils::MString> cgiVariables;
       std::map<coreutils::MString, __mysql *> sessions;
       std::map<coreutils::MString, coreutils::MString> headers;
       
diff --git a/__jet.cpp b/__jet.cpp
index 106c27a..0139bcd 100644
--- a/__jet.cpp
+++ b/__jet.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,18 @@
 namespace jet {
    
    __jet::__jet(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &parent, Global &global) : Tag(in, parent, global) {
-
+      if(variables["cgi"] == "true") {
+	 coreutils::ZString requestMethod(getenv("REQUEST_METHOD"));
+	 if(requestMethod == "POST") {
+	    coreutils::ZString contentLength(getenv("CONTENT_LENGTH"));
+	    coreutils::ZString contentType(getenv("CONTENT_TYPE"));
+	    if(contentType == "multipart/form-data") 
+	      std::cout << "output multipart variables to global" << std::endl;
+	    else if(contentType == "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") 
+	      std::cout << "output urlencoded variables to global" << std::endl;
+	 }	
+      }
+            
       try {	   
 	 processContainer(container);
       }
diff --git a/jet-2.0 b/jet-2.0
index 085a137..6e6b7e6 100755
Binary files a/jet-2.0 and b/jet-2.0 differ
diff --git a/testjet.jet b/testjet.jet
index 82a82a7..e9b98d0 100755
--- a/testjet.jet
+++ b/testjet.jet
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #!./jet-2.0
-<jet name1="localname" filterblanklines="true" trimlines="true">
+<jet cgi="true" name1="localname" filterblanklines="true" trimlines="true">
  <header name="Content-Type" value="text/html" />
  <comment>This is a comment and should not show up in the output.</comment>
  <html>
+ ---
+ <set name="modified1" value="ABCD" />
+ $[modified1;TOHEX]
+ <set name="tohex" value="TOHEX" />
+ $[modified1;$[tohex]]
+ ---
  $[nonexistant]
  $[$HOME]
  <comment>