diff --git a/src/astgen.zig b/src/astgen.zig
index 08df3cbde58a7103c81ba66ae130816bb3e10aa6..93b6810259e8611747331c25e4f9746b044c5b32 100644
--- a/src/astgen.zig
+++ b/src/astgen.zig
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ const Parser = struct {
 
     pub fn doReplacement(comptime self: *Parser) []const string {
         var ret: []const string = &.{};
+        ret = ret ++ &[_]string{self.eat(.word)};
         while (!self.tryEatSymbol("}")) {
+            self.eatSymbol(".");
             ret = ret ++ &[_]string{self.eat(.word)};
         }
         return ret;
diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index 1e7dfaf83724ac4e1b1a13815fe9cd3a99b3cbf0..ffeca89cf313ddc71d70007dbffba383f450aebc 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const tokenize = @import("./tokenize.zig");
 const astgen = @import("./astgen.zig");
 
 pub fn parse(comptime input: []const u8) astgen.Value {
-    return astgen.Value{ .element = astgen.do(tokenize.do(input, &.{ '[', '=', ']', '(', ')', '{', '}', '#', '/' })) };
+    return astgen.Value{ .element = astgen.do(tokenize.do(input, &.{ '[', '=', ']', '(', ')', '{', '}', '#', '/', '.' })) };
 }
 
 pub fn compile(writer: anytype, comptime value: astgen.Value, data: anytype) !void {
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 195310400e78bae2c16f3ae0135d63cea05fede1..70588ef0ed3eef52e1da0b00ae3da5390adc99a5 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const example_document =
     \\        hr
     \\        p("This is an example HTML document written in "a[href="https://github.com/nektro/zig-pek"]("Pek")".")
     \\        p("Pek is written by "{author}".")
-    \\        p("Her favorite plant is the "{favorite flower})
+    \\        p("Her favorite plant is the "{favorite.flower})
     \\        br
     \\        p("The most populous US cities are:")
     \\        ul(