diff --git a/Global.cpp b/Global.cpp
index 49e6847..9917c94 100644
--- a/Global.cpp
+++ b/Global.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace jet {
 	   name << getVariable(variable, lvariables);
 	 else if(variable.ifNext("]"))
 	   return;
-	 else if(!variable.ifNextInclude("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789._-"))
+	 else if(!variable.ifNextInclude("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789._-")) 
 	   throw coreutils::Exception("invalid variable name.");	 
       }	    
       return;
diff --git a/__jet.cpp b/__jet.cpp
index 275e515..5ad4385 100644
--- a/__jet.cpp
+++ b/__jet.cpp
@@ -19,26 +19,14 @@ namespace jet {
 
 	    coreutils::IMFRequest request(postdata);
 	    coreutils::IMFMessage message(postdata);
-	    
-
-	    
+	    	    
 	    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);
-      }
-      catch(coreutils::Exception e) {
-	 std::cout << container.parsed() << std::endl;
-	 std::cout << "***** " << e.text << std::endl; 
-	 std::cout << container.unparsed() << std::endl;
-	 throw e;
-      }
-      
+      processContainer(container);
    }
 }
 
diff --git a/jet-2.0.cpp b/jet-2.0.cpp
index 0ea6de0..59191cb 100644
--- a/jet-2.0.cpp
+++ b/jet-2.0.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
       std::cout << out;
    }
    catch(coreutils::Exception e) {
+      std::cout << data.parsed() << std::endl;
+      std::cout << "******** Error caught: " << e.text << std::endl;
+      std::cout << data.unparsed() << std::endl;
       std::cout << "Error caught: " << e.text << std::endl;
       global.dump();
    }
diff --git a/tests/testexpr.jet b/tests/testexpr.jet
index 220ae99..f159e5a 100755
--- a/tests/testexpr.jet
+++ b/tests/testexpr.jet
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 <set name="test1" value="5 + 5" />
 <set name="test2" expr="expr($[test1])" />
 $[test2]
+<set name="numbers">0123456789</set>
+<set name="lefty" expr="left($[numbers],5)" />
+$[lefty]
 </jet>
diff --git a/tests/testjet.jet b/tests/testjet.jet
index 90a1e25..27e7a6d 100755
--- a/tests/testjet.jet
+++ b/tests/testjet.jet
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
  <set name="division" expr="5/3" />
  <set name="divisor" value="8" />
  <set name="nested" expr="(2*(4+4)/$[divisor])*32" />
- $[nested]
+ $[$nested]
  <set name="numbers">0123456789</set>
- <set name="lefty" expr="LEFT('$[numbers]',5)" />
+ <set name="lefty" expr="LEFT($[numbers],5)" />
  lefty=[$[lefty]]
  substring('abcdefg', 1, 3)=[$[theexpr]]
  5+3=($[addition])