diff -r fc08c3b42010 -r f99f51bc5bea core/src/luan/impl/LuanParser.java
--- a/core/src/luan/impl/LuanParser.java	Mon Apr 18 01:08:35 2016 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/impl/LuanParser.java	Mon Apr 18 15:46:05 2016 -0600
@@ -148,12 +148,16 @@
 				if( upSym.name.equals(name) )
 					return upSym;
 			}
-			for( Frame f=parent; f!=null; f=f.parent ) {
-				LocalSym sym = f.getLocalSym(name);
+			if( parent != null ) {
+				LocalSym sym = parent.getLocalSym(name);
 				if( sym != null ) {
 					sym.isPointer = true;
 					return addUpSym(name,sym.javaName);
 				}
+				UpSym upSym = parent.getUpSym(name);
+				if( upSym != null ) {
+					return addUpSym(name,"parentUpValues["+upSym.i+"]");
+				}
 			}
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -1933,6 +1937,7 @@
 				+"}  "
 
 				+"@Override public Object doCall(LuanState luan,Object[] args) throws LuanException {  "
+					+"final Pointer[] parentUpValues = upValues;  "
 					+"Object t;  "
 					+"Object[] a;  "
 					+ stmts
@@ -1961,6 +1966,7 @@
 			);
 		}
 		exp.add( ""
+					+"final Pointer[] parentUpValues = upValues;  "
 					+"Object t;  "
 					+"Object[] a;  "
 		);

diff -r fc08c3b42010 -r f99f51bc5bea core/src/luan/modules/parsers/Theme.java
--- a/core/src/luan/modules/parsers/Theme.java	Mon Apr 18 01:08:35 2016 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/modules/parsers/Theme.java	Mon Apr 18 15:46:05 2016 -0600
@@ -60,14 +60,13 @@
 		if( !parser.match('}') )
 			throw exception("unclosed define tag");
 		String block = parseBody("define:"+name);
-		String rtn = "function M." + name + "(env) " + block + "end;  ";
+		String rtn = "function M." + name + "(env) " + block + " end;  ";
 		return parser.success(rtn);
 	}
 
 	private String parseBody(String tagName) throws ParseException {
 		StringBuilder stmts = new StringBuilder();
 		int start = parser.currentIndex();
-		stmts.append( "%>" );
 		int end = start;
 		while( !matchEndTag(tagName) ) {
 			if( parser.endOfInput() ) {
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@
 			end = parser.currentIndex();
 		}
 		addText(start,end,stmts);
-		stmts.append( "<% ");
 		return stmts.toString();
 	}
 
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@
 
 	private void addText(int start,int end,StringBuilder stmts) {
 		if( start < end ) {
-			stmts.append( parser.text.substring(start,end) );
+			stmts.append( "%>" ).append( parser.text.substring(start,end) ).append( "<%" );
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@
 		if( !parser.match('}') )
 			return parser.failure(null);
 		String block = parseBody("block:"+name);
-		String rtn = "<% env."+ name + "( env, function(env) " + block + "end) %>";
+		String rtn = " env."+ name + "( env, function(env) " + block + "end); ";
 //		String rtn = "<% env." + tag.name + "(" + (tag.attrs.isEmpty() ? "nil" : table(tag.attrs)) + ",env,function(env) %>" + block + "<% end) %>";
 		return parser.success(rtn);
 	}
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@
 		if( !parser.match('}') )
 			return parser.failure(null);
 //		rtn = "<% env." + name + (attrs.isEmpty() ? "()" : table(attrs)) + " %>";
-		String rtn = "<% env." + name + "(env) %>";
+		String rtn = " env." + name + "(env); ";
 		return parser.success(rtn);
 	}