diff --git a/ext/liquid/variable.c b/ext/liquid/variable.c
index 8907de3..669edfe 100644
--- a/ext/liquid/variable.c
+++ b/ext/liquid/variable.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static inline int skip_whitespace(char * str, int len)
   return skipped;
 }
 
-static char * get_quoted_fragment(char * str, int len, int * ret_size, int * end_offset) 
+static char * get_quoted_fragment(char * str, int len, int * ret_size, int * end_offset, bool colon) 
 {
   int p = 0; /* Current position in string */
   int start = -1, end = -1; /* Start and end indices for the found string */
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ static char * get_quoted_fragment(char * str, int len, int * ret_size, int * end
         else if (quoted_by == -1) quoted_by = '\'';
         else if (quoted_by == '\'') quoted_by = -1;
         break;
+      case ':': 
+        if (colon)
+          if (start != -1 && quoted_by == -1) {end = p-1; goto quoted_fragment_found;} 
+        else
+          if (start == -1) start = p;
+        break;
       case '|':
       case ',':
       case '\n':
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ static char * get_quoted_fragment(char * str, int len, int * ret_size, int * end
   if (p == len && start != -1 && end == -1) end = len-1;
 
 quoted_fragment_found:
-  if (end > start) {
+  if (end >= start) {
     *ret_size = end-start+1;
     *end_offset = end+1;
     return &str[start];
@@ -90,8 +96,8 @@ static VALUE get_filters(char * str, int len, VALUE self) {
       VALUE f_args = rb_ary_new();
 
       p += skip_whitespace(&str[p+1], len-p-1);
-      f = get_quoted_fragment(&str[p], len-p, &ret_size, &end_offset);
-      p += end_offset-1;
+      f = get_quoted_fragment(&str[p], len-p, &ret_size, &end_offset, true);
+      p += end_offset;
 
       if (f) {
         if (f[ret_size-1] == ':') ret_size--;
@@ -99,16 +105,28 @@ static VALUE get_filters(char * str, int len, VALUE self) {
       }
 
       /* Check for filter arguments */
-      // do {
-      //   p += skip_whitespace(&str[p+1], len-p-1);
+      do {
+        if (p<len) {
+          p += skip_whitespace(&str[p], len-p);
 
-      //   if (str[p] == '|') 
-      //   f = get_quoted_fragment(&str[p], len-p, &ret_size, &end_offset);
-      //   p += end_offset-1;
-      //   p += skip_whitespace(&str[p+1], len-p-1);
+          // printf("\n1. %.*s\n", len-p, &str[p]);
 
-      //   if (f) rb_ary_push(f_args, rb_str_new(f, ret_size));
-      // } while (str[p] == ',' || str[p] == ':');
+          if (str[p] != '|') {
+            f = get_quoted_fragment(&str[p], len-p, &ret_size, &end_offset, false);
+
+            // printf("\n2. %.*s\n", ret_size, f);
+            
+            p += end_offset;
+            p += skip_whitespace(&str[p], len-p);
+
+            if (str[p] == '|') p--;
+
+            if (f) rb_ary_push(f_args, rb_str_new(f, ret_size));
+          
+          } else p--;
+        }
+
+      } while (str[p] == ',' || str[p] == ':');
 
       rb_ary_push(filter, f_args);
 
@@ -132,7 +150,7 @@ static VALUE rb_variable_lax_parse(VALUE self, VALUE m)
   /* Extract name */
   cursor_pos += skip_whitespace(markup, markup_len); 
   cursor = markup + cursor_pos;
-  cursor = get_quoted_fragment(cursor, markup_len - cursor_pos, &size, &end_offset);
+  cursor = get_quoted_fragment(cursor, markup_len - cursor_pos, &size, &end_offset, false);
 
   if (cursor == NULL) {
     rb_iv_set(self, "@name", Qnil);
diff --git a/lib/liquid/variable.rb b/lib/liquid/variable.rb
index 83de532..60d9e51 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/variable.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/variable.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ module Liquid
   #   {{ user | link }}
   #
   class Variable
-#     FilterParser = /(?:#{FilterSeparator}|(?:\s*(?:#{QuotedFragment}|#{ArgumentSeparator})\s*)+)/o
     EasyParse = /\A *(\w+(?:\.\w+)*) *\z/
     attr_accessor :filters, :name, :warnings
 
@@ -21,18 +20,18 @@ module Liquid
       @options = options || {}
       
 
-      # case @options[:error_mode] || Template.error_mode
-      # when :strict then strict_parse(markup)
-      # when :lax    then lax_parse(markup)
-      # when :warn
-      #   begin
-      #     strict_parse(markup)
-      #   rescue SyntaxError => e
-      #     @warnings ||= []
-      #     @warnings << e
+      case @options[:error_mode] || Template.error_mode
+      when :strict then strict_parse(markup)
+      when :lax    then lax_parse(markup)
+      when :warn
+        begin
+          strict_parse(markup)
+        rescue SyntaxError => e
+          @warnings ||= []
+          @warnings << e
           lax_parse(markup)
-      #   end
-      # end
+        end
+      end
     end
 
 #     def lax_parse(markup)
diff --git a/test/liquid/variable_test.rb b/test/liquid/variable_test.rb
index f5fbd62..284e981 100644
--- a/test/liquid/variable_test.rb
+++ b/test/liquid/variable_test.rb
@@ -19,41 +19,41 @@ class VariableTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     var = Variable.new(%! hello | strftime: '%Y'!)
     assert_equal 'hello', var.name
-    # assert_equal [["strftime",["'%Y'"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["strftime",["'%Y'"]]], var.filters
 
     var = Variable.new(%! 'typo' | link_to: 'Typo', true !)
     assert_equal %!'typo'!, var.name
-    # assert_equal [["link_to",["'Typo'", "true"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["link_to",["'Typo'", "true"]]], var.filters
 
     var = Variable.new(%! 'typo' | link_to: 'Typo', false !)
     assert_equal %!'typo'!, var.name
-    # assert_equal [["link_to",["'Typo'", "false"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["link_to",["'Typo'", "false"]]], var.filters
 
     var = Variable.new(%! 'foo' | repeat: 3 !)
     assert_equal %!'foo'!, var.name
-    # assert_equal [["repeat",["3"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["repeat",["3"]]], var.filters
 
     var = Variable.new(%! 'foo' | repeat: 3, 3 !)
     assert_equal %!'foo'!, var.name
-    # assert_equal [["repeat",["3","3"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["repeat",["3","3"]]], var.filters
 
     var = Variable.new(%! 'foo' | repeat: 3, 3, 3 !)
     assert_equal %!'foo'!, var.name
-    # assert_equal [["repeat",["3","3","3"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["repeat",["3","3","3"]]], var.filters
 
     var = Variable.new(%! hello | strftime: '%Y, okay?'!)
     assert_equal 'hello', var.name
-    # assert_equal [["strftime",["'%Y, okay?'"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["strftime",["'%Y, okay?'"]]], var.filters
 
     var = Variable.new(%! hello | things: "%Y, okay?", 'the other one'!)
     assert_equal 'hello', var.name
-    # assert_equal [["things",["\"%Y, okay?\"","'the other one'"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["things",["\"%Y, okay?\"","'the other one'"]]], var.filters
   end
 
   def test_filter_with_date_parameter
     var = Variable.new(%! '2006-06-06' | date: "%m/%d/%Y"!)
     assert_equal "'2006-06-06'", var.name
-    # assert_equal [["date",["\"%m/%d/%Y\""]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["date",["\"%m/%d/%Y\""]]], var.filters
   end
 
   def test_filters_without_whitespace
@@ -63,23 +63,23 @@ class VariableTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     var = Variable.new('hello|textileze|paragraph')
     assert_equal 'hello', var.name
-    # assert_equal [["textileze",[]], ["paragraph",[]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["textileze",[]], ["paragraph",[]]], var.filters
 
     var = Variable.new("hello|replace:'foo','bar'|textileze")
     assert_equal 'hello', var.name
-    # assert_equal [["replace", ["'foo'", "'bar'"]], ["textileze", []]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["replace", ["'foo'", "'bar'"]], ["textileze", []]], var.filters
   end
 
   def test_symbol
     var = Variable.new("http://disney.com/logo.gif | image: 'med'", :error_mode => :lax)
     assert_equal "http://disney.com/logo.gif", var.name
-    # assert_equal [["image",["'med'"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["image",["'med'"]]], var.filters
   end
 
   def test_string_to_filter
     var = Variable.new("'http://disney.com/logo.gif' | image: 'med' ")
     assert_equal "'http://disney.com/logo.gif'", var.name
-    # assert_equal [["image",["'med'"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [["image",["'med'"]]], var.filters
   end
 
   def test_string_single_quoted
@@ -115,84 +115,84 @@ class VariableTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_filter_with_keyword_arguments
     var = Variable.new(%! hello | things: greeting: "world", farewell: 'goodbye'!)
     assert_equal 'hello', var.name
-    # assert_equal [['things',["greeting: \"world\"","farewell: 'goodbye'"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [['things',["greeting: \"world\"","farewell: 'goodbye'"]]], var.filters
   end
 
   def test_lax_filter_argument_parsing
     var = Variable.new(%! number_of_comments | pluralize: 'comment': 'comments' !, :error_mode => :lax)
     assert_equal 'number_of_comments', var.name
-    # assert_equal [['pluralize',["'comment'","'comments'"]]], var.filters
+    assert_equal [['pluralize',["'comment'","'comments'"]]], var.filters
   end
 
-  # def test_strict_filter_argument_parsing
-  #   with_error_mode(:strict) do
-  #     assert_raises(SyntaxError) do
-  #       Variable.new(%! number_of_comments | pluralize: 'comment': 'comments' !)
-  #     end
-  #   end
-  # end
+  def test_strict_filter_argument_parsing
+    with_error_mode(:strict) do
+      assert_raises(SyntaxError) do
+        Variable.new(%! number_of_comments | pluralize: 'comment': 'comments' !)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 
-# class VariableResolutionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
-#   include Liquid
+class VariableResolutionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  include Liquid
 
-#   def test_simple_variable
-#     template = Template.parse(%|{{test}}|)
-#     assert_equal 'worked', template.render('test' => 'worked')
-#     assert_equal 'worked wonderfully', template.render('test' => 'worked wonderfully')
-#   end
+  def test_simple_variable
+    template = Template.parse(%|{{test}}|)
+    assert_equal 'worked', template.render('test' => 'worked')
+    assert_equal 'worked wonderfully', template.render('test' => 'worked wonderfully')
+  end
 
-#   def test_simple_with_whitespaces
-#     template = Template.parse(%|  {{ test }}  |)
-#     assert_equal '  worked  ', template.render('test' => 'worked')
-#     assert_equal '  worked wonderfully  ', template.render('test' => 'worked wonderfully')
-#   end
+  def test_simple_with_whitespaces
+    template = Template.parse(%|  {{ test }}  |)
+    assert_equal '  worked  ', template.render('test' => 'worked')
+    assert_equal '  worked wonderfully  ', template.render('test' => 'worked wonderfully')
+  end
 
-#   def test_ignore_unknown
-#     template = Template.parse(%|{{ test }}|)
-#     assert_equal '', template.render
-#   end
+  def test_ignore_unknown
+    template = Template.parse(%|{{ test }}|)
+    assert_equal '', template.render
+  end
 
-#   def test_hash_scoping
-#     template = Template.parse(%|{{ test.test }}|)
-#     assert_equal 'worked', template.render('test' => {'test' => 'worked'})
-#   end
+  def test_hash_scoping
+    template = Template.parse(%|{{ test.test }}|)
+    assert_equal 'worked', template.render('test' => {'test' => 'worked'})
+  end
 
-#   def test_preset_assigns
-#     template = Template.parse(%|{{ test }}|)
-#     template.assigns['test'] = 'worked'
-#     assert_equal 'worked', template.render
-#   end
+  def test_preset_assigns
+    template = Template.parse(%|{{ test }}|)
+    template.assigns['test'] = 'worked'
+    assert_equal 'worked', template.render
+  end
 
-#   def test_reuse_parsed_template
-#     template = Template.parse(%|{{ greeting }} {{ name }}|)
-#     template.assigns['greeting'] = 'Goodbye'
-#     assert_equal 'Hello Tobi', template.render('greeting' => 'Hello', 'name' => 'Tobi')
-#     assert_equal 'Hello ', template.render('greeting' => 'Hello', 'unknown' => 'Tobi')
-#     assert_equal 'Hello Brian', template.render('greeting' => 'Hello', 'name' => 'Brian')
-#     assert_equal 'Goodbye Brian', template.render('name' => 'Brian')
-#     assert_equal({'greeting'=>'Goodbye'}, template.assigns)
-#   end
+  def test_reuse_parsed_template
+    template = Template.parse(%|{{ greeting }} {{ name }}|)
+    template.assigns['greeting'] = 'Goodbye'
+    assert_equal 'Hello Tobi', template.render('greeting' => 'Hello', 'name' => 'Tobi')
+    assert_equal 'Hello ', template.render('greeting' => 'Hello', 'unknown' => 'Tobi')
+    assert_equal 'Hello Brian', template.render('greeting' => 'Hello', 'name' => 'Brian')
+    assert_equal 'Goodbye Brian', template.render('name' => 'Brian')
+    assert_equal({'greeting'=>'Goodbye'}, template.assigns)
+  end
 
-#   def test_assigns_not_polluted_from_template
-#     template = Template.parse(%|{{ test }}{% assign test = 'bar' %}{{ test }}|)
-#     template.assigns['test'] = 'baz'
-#     assert_equal 'bazbar', template.render
-#     assert_equal 'bazbar', template.render
-#     assert_equal 'foobar', template.render('test' => 'foo')
-#     assert_equal 'bazbar', template.render
-#   end
+  def test_assigns_not_polluted_from_template
+    template = Template.parse(%|{{ test }}{% assign test = 'bar' %}{{ test }}|)
+    template.assigns['test'] = 'baz'
+    assert_equal 'bazbar', template.render
+    assert_equal 'bazbar', template.render
+    assert_equal 'foobar', template.render('test' => 'foo')
+    assert_equal 'bazbar', template.render
+  end
 
-#   def test_hash_with_default_proc
-#     template = Template.parse(%|Hello {{ test }}|)
-#     assigns = Hash.new { |h,k| raise "Unknown variable '#{k}'" }
-#     assigns['test'] = 'Tobi'
-#     assert_equal 'Hello Tobi', template.render!(assigns)
-#     assigns.delete('test')
-#     e = assert_raises(RuntimeError) {
-#       template.render!(assigns)
-#     }
-#     assert_equal "Unknown variable 'test'", e.message
-#   end
-# end # VariableTest
+  def test_hash_with_default_proc
+    template = Template.parse(%|Hello {{ test }}|)
+    assigns = Hash.new { |h,k| raise "Unknown variable '#{k}'" }
+    assigns['test'] = 'Tobi'
+    assert_equal 'Hello Tobi', template.render!(assigns)
+    assigns.delete('test')
+    e = assert_raises(RuntimeError) {
+      template.render!(assigns)
+    }
+    assert_equal "Unknown variable 'test'", e.message
+  end
+end # VariableTest