diff --git a/Tag.cpp b/Tag.cpp
index 16b3a28..d791158 100644
--- a/Tag.cpp
+++ b/Tag.cpp
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ namespace jet {
 	       continue;
 	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "container")) {
 	       processContainer(container2);
+	       in.ifNext("<container");
+	       in.skipWhitespace();
+	       in.ifNext("/>");
 	       continue;
 	    } else {
 	       out.write(in.charAt(0));
diff --git a/testtag.jet b/testtag.jet
index 489a6b8..a4c69e9 100755
--- a/testtag.jet
+++ b/testtag.jet
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!./jet-2.0
 <jet filterblanklines="true" trimlines="true">
-<tag name="test">-->
- ><set name="ix" expr="$[ix]+1" /><
- <--<container />++>
- >>>$[ix]<<<
-<++</tag>
-=<set name="ix" value="1" />=
+<tag name="test">
+ <set name="ix" expr="$[ix]+1" />
+ <container />
+ $[ix]
+</tag>
+<set name="ix" value="1" />
 <test>
- >><set name="ix" expr="$[ix]+1" /><<
+ <set name="ix" expr="$[ix]+1" />
 </test>
 <test />
 </jet>
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