diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6dc8351..4ac8c85 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,12 +92,29 @@ Result:
 </html>
 ```
 
+A variable expansion can go through multiple variables until one is found.
+
+file.html
+
+```
+@!var1,var2,var3@
+@=var2 value@
+```
+
+Result:
+
+```
+value
+```
+
+var1 doesn't exist, so ncdg moves on to var2, which does exist, and skips var3.
+
 ### Automatic escaping
 
 ```
-<pre><code>%\
+<pre><code>@\
 #include <stdio.h>
-%</code></pre>
+@</code></pre>
 ```
 
 Result:
@@ -112,15 +129,17 @@ Note that text inside of escaped sections are not minified.
 ### Excluding minification
 
 ```
-%&
+@&
 &
-%
+this text isn't minified
+@
 ```
 
 Result:
 
 ```
 &
+this text isn't minified
 ```
 
 Used for legacy web pages on my site that I don't want to update
diff --git a/src/' b/src/'
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..925b556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/'
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <parse.h>
+#include <vector.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+struct var {
+	struct string *var;
+	struct string *value;
+};
+
+struct expandfile {
+	struct string *data;
+	struct vector *vars;
+	/* This is a vector of struct var */
+};
+
+struct minstate {
+	int ignore;
+	/* If this is set, then ignore the current whitespace group */
+	int isspace;
+	/* If this is set, then we've seen whitespace on the previous char. */
+};
+
+static int expandfile(struct expandfile *ret, char *filename, int level);
+static int writefile(struct expandfile *file, FILE *out);
+static struct string *getstring(FILE *file, char end);
+static void initminstate(struct minstate *state);
+static void mputs(struct minstate *state, char *s, FILE *file);
+static void mputc(struct minstate *state, char c, FILE *file);
+static int putvar(int i, const struct string *file, const struct vector *vars);
+
+int parsefile(char *template, FILE *out) {
+	struct expandfile expanded;
+	int ret;
+	expanded.data = newstring();
+	if (expanded.data == NULL) {
+		ret = 1;
+		goto error1;
+	}
+	expanded.vars = newvector(struct var);
+	if (expanded.vars == NULL) {
+		ret = 1;
+		goto error2;
+	}
+	if (expandfile(&expanded, template, 0)) {
+		ret = 1;
+		goto error3;
+	}
+	ret = writefile(&expanded, out);
+error3:
+	{
+		int i;
+		for (i = 0; i < expanded.vars->len; ++i) {
+			struct var var;
+			var = getvector(expanded.vars, struct var, i);
+			freestring(var.var);
+			freestring(var.value);
+		}
+	}
+	freevector(expanded.vars);
+error2:
+	freestring(expanded.data);
+error1:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int writefile(struct expandfile *file, FILE *out) {
+	long i;
+	struct minstate s;
+	initminstate(&s);
+	for (i = 0; i < file->data->len; ++i) {
+		if (file->data->data[i] == ESCAPE_CHAR) {
+			const struct string *data = file->data;
+			const struct vector *vars = file->vars;
+			switch (data->data[++i]) {
+			case ESCAPE_CHAR:
+				mputc(&s, ESCAPE_CHAR, out);
+				break;
+			case VAR_CHAR: {
+				i = putvar(i, data, vars);
+				if (i < 0)
+					goto error;
+				long start;
+				int j;
+				char *varname;
+				start = ++i;
+				while (data->data[i] != ESCAPE_CHAR &&
+						i < data->len)
+					++i;
+				data->data[i] = '\0';
+				varname = data->data + start;
+				vars = file->vars;
+				for (j = 0; j < vars->len; ++j) {
+					struct var var;
+					var = getvector(vars,
+							struct var, j);
+					if (strcmp(var.var->data,
+							varname) == 0) {
+						mputs(&s, var.value->data,
+								out);
+					}
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+			case AUTOESCAPE_CHAR:
+				for (++i; i < data->len; ++i) {
+					switch (data->data[i]) {
+					case '&':
+						fputs("&amp;", out);
+						break;
+					case ';':
+						fputs("&semi;", out);
+					case '<':
+						fputs("&lt;", out);
+						break;
+					case '>':
+						fputs("&gt;", out);
+						break;
+					case ESCAPE_CHAR:
+						if (data->data[i + 1] != ESCAPE_CHAR)
+							goto autoescapeend;
+						++i;
+						/* fallthrough */
+					default:
+						fputc(data->data[i], out);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+autoescapeend:
+				break;
+			case NOMINIFY_CHAR:
+				for (++i; data->data[i] != ESCAPE_CHAR &&
+						i < data->len; ++i) {
+					if (data->data[i] == ESCAPE_CHAR) {
+						if (data->data[i + 1] != ESCAPE_CHAR)
+							break;
+						++i;
+					}
+					fputc(data->data[i], out);
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+			mputc(&s, file->data->data[i], out);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int expandfile(struct expandfile *ret, char *filename, int level) {
+	FILE *file;
+	int c, linenum;
+	file = fopen(filename, "r");
+	if (file == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open file %s\n", filename);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	linenum = 1;
+	if (level >= MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH) {
+
+		fprintf(stderr, "The include depth has reached %d, quitting\n",
+				level);
+		fclose(file);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	for (;;) {
+		c = fgetc(file);
+		switch (c) {
+		case ESCAPE_CHAR:
+			c = fgetc(file);
+			switch (c) {
+			case ESCAPE_CHAR:
+				if (appendchar(ret->data, ESCAPE_CHAR))
+					goto error;
+				if (appendchar(ret->data, ESCAPE_CHAR))
+					goto error;
+				break;
+			case VAR_CHAR: case AUTOESCAPE_CHAR: case NOMINIFY_CHAR:
+				if (appendchar(ret->data, ESCAPE_CHAR))
+					goto error;
+				for (;;) {
+					if (c == EOF)
+						goto error;
+					if (appendchar(ret->data, c))
+						goto error;
+					if (c == '\n')
+						++linenum;
+					if (c == ESCAPE_CHAR) {
+						c = fgetc(file);
+						if (c == ESCAPE_CHAR) {
+							if (appendchar(
+								ret->data, c))
+								goto error;
+							if (appendchar(
+								ret->data, c))
+								goto error;
+						}
+						else {
+							ungetc(c, file);
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+					c = fgetc(file);
+				}
+				break;
+			case SET_CHAR: {
+				struct var var;
+				var.var = getstring(file, ' ');
+				var.value = getstring(file, ESCAPE_CHAR);
+				addvector(ret->vars, &var);
+				break;
+			}
+			case INCLUDE_CHAR: {
+				struct string *inclname;
+				inclname = getstring(file, ESCAPE_CHAR);
+				if (inclname == NULL)
+					goto error;
+				if (expandfile(ret, inclname->data,
+							level + 1))
+					return 1;
+				freestring(inclname);
+				break;
+			}
+			default:
+				fprintf(stderr, "Line %d: Invalid escape %c\n",
+						linenum, c);
+				goto error;
+			}
+			break;
+		case '\n':
+			++linenum;
+			goto casedefault;
+		case EOF:
+			goto end;
+		default: casedefault:
+			if (appendchar(ret->data, c))
+				goto error;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+end:
+	fclose(file);
+	return 0;
+error:
+	fclose(file);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static struct string *getstring(FILE *file, char end) {
+	struct string *ret;
+	int c;
+	ret = newstring();
+	if (ret == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	for (;;) {
+		c = fgetc(file);
+		if (c == EOF)
+			goto error;
+		if (c == end) {
+			if (appendchar(ret, '\0'))
+				goto error;
+			return ret;
+		}
+		if (appendchar(ret, c))
+			goto error;
+	}
+error:
+	freestring(ret);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void initminstate(struct minstate *state) {
+	memset(state, 0, sizeof *state);
+}
+
+static void mputs(struct minstate *state, char *s, FILE *file) {
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; s[i] != '\0'; ++i)
+		mputc(state, s[i], file);
+}
+
+static void mputc(struct minstate *state, char c, FILE *file) {
+	if (isspace(c))
+		state->isspace = 1;
+	else {
+		if (!state->ignore && state->isspace && c != '>')
+			fputc(' ', file);
+		fputc(c, file);
+		state->ignore = c == '<';
+		state->isspace = 0;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/include/config.h b/src/include/config.h
index 6dfd872..a5904c8 100644
--- a/src/include/config.h
+++ b/src/include/config.h
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 #define SET_CHAR '='
 #define AUTOESCAPE_CHAR '\\'
 #define NOMINIFY_CHAR '&'
+#define SEPARATOR_CHAR ','
 
 #define MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH 10
diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index 9ed2ea8..4149440 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ static struct string *getstring(FILE *file, char end);
 static void initminstate(struct minstate *state);
 static void mputs(struct minstate *state, char *s, FILE *file);
 static void mputc(struct minstate *state, char c, FILE *file);
+static long putvar(long i, struct minstate *s, FILE *out,
+		const struct string *file, const struct vector *vars);
 
 int parsefile(char *template, FILE *out) {
 	struct expandfile expanded;
@@ -80,29 +82,11 @@ static int writefile(struct expandfile *file, FILE *out) {
 			case ESCAPE_CHAR:
 				mputc(&s, ESCAPE_CHAR, out);
 				break;
-			case VAR_CHAR: {
-				long start;
-				int j;
-				char *varname;
-				start = ++i;
-				while (data->data[i] != ESCAPE_CHAR &&
-						i < data->len)
-					++i;
-				data->data[i] = '\0';
-				varname = data->data + start;
-				vars = file->vars;
-				for (j = 0; j < vars->len; ++j) {
-					struct var var;
-					var = getvector(vars,
-							struct var, j);
-					if (strcmp(var.var->data,
-							varname) == 0) {
-						mputs(&s, var.value->data,
-								out);
-					}
-				}
+			case VAR_CHAR:
+				i = putvar(i, &s, out, data, vars);
+				if (i < 0)
+					return 1;
 				break;
-			}
 			case AUTOESCAPE_CHAR:
 				for (++i; i < data->len; ++i) {
 					switch (data->data[i]) {
@@ -130,7 +114,8 @@ static int writefile(struct expandfile *file, FILE *out) {
 autoescapeend:
 				break;
 			case NOMINIFY_CHAR:
-				for (++i; data->data[i] != ESCAPE_CHAR && i < data->len; ++i) {
+				for (++i; data->data[i] != ESCAPE_CHAR &&
+						i < data->len; ++i) {
 					if (data->data[i] == ESCAPE_CHAR) {
 						if (data->data[i + 1] != ESCAPE_CHAR)
 							break;
@@ -290,3 +275,35 @@ static void mputc(struct minstate *state, char c, FILE *file) {
 		state->isspace = 0;
 	}
 }
+
+static long putvar(long i, struct minstate *s, FILE *out,
+		const struct string *file, const struct vector *vars) {
+	long start;
+	for (;;) {
+		int j;
+		start = ++i;
+		while (file->data[i] != SEPARATOR_CHAR &&
+		       file->data[i] != ESCAPE_CHAR &&
+		       i < file->len)
+			++i;
+		if (i >= file->len)
+			return -1;
+		for (j = 0; j < vars->len; ++j) {
+			const struct var var = getvector(vars, struct var, j);
+			if (var.var->len - 1 != i - start)
+				continue;
+			/* -1 because var.var->len includes the \0. */
+			if (memcmp(var.var->data, file->data + start,
+					i - start) == 0) {
+				mputs(s, var.value->data, out);
+				goto end;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+end:
+	while (file->data[i] != ESCAPE_CHAR && i < file->len)
+		++i;
+	if (i == file->len)
+		return -1;
+	return i;
+}