diff --git a/src/SurfStack/Templating/Template_Engine.php b/src/SurfStack/Templating/Template_Engine.php
index 19e81d6..86d5da5 100644
--- a/src/SurfStack/Templating/Template_Engine.php
+++ b/src/SurfStack/Templating/Template_Engine.php
@@ -757,8 +757,8 @@ protected function getRequiredClasses($class)
         return join(PHP_EOL, array_reverse($arrRequire));
     }
 
-    public $pre;
     public $post;
+    public $plugrex;
     
     /**
      * Replace plugin tags with PHP code
@@ -767,11 +767,12 @@ protected function getRequiredClasses($class)
      */
     protected function parsePlugins($content)
     {
-        $this->pre = true;
         $this->post = false;
         
+        $this->plugrex = array_values($this->loadPlugins());
+        
         // Load the plugin content and replace        
-        return preg_replace_callback(array_values($this->loadPlugins()), function($matches) {
+        return preg_replace_callback($this->plugrex, function($matches) {
             $pluginName = $matches[1];
             $pluginData = $matches[2];
             // Block has content, Slice does not
diff --git a/tests/SurfStack/Templating/Template_Engine_Test.php b/tests/SurfStack/Templating/Template_Engine_Test.php
index 7d65d26..aaf7ef7 100644
--- a/tests/SurfStack/Templating/Template_Engine_Test.php
+++ b/tests/SurfStack/Templating/Template_Engine_Test.php
@@ -356,10 +356,33 @@ public function testPrePost()
     
         $this->render();
         
-        $this->assertTrue($this->view->pre);
         $this->assertTrue($this->view->post);
     }
     
+    public function testPlugRex()
+    {
+        $this->view->clear();
+    
+        $this->view->assign('test', 'Hello world');
+    
+        $this->view->setTemplate('blockVariable.tpl');
+    
+        $this->view->setLoadPlugins(true);
+    
+        $this->view->setStripTags(false);
+    
+        $this->view->setStripWhitespace(false);
+    
+        $this->render();
+    
+        $this->assertSame($this->view->plugrex, array(
+            0 => '/\{\s*(Blank)\s*(.*?)\}/i',
+            1 => '/\{\s*(Bold)\s*(.*?)\}(.[^\}\{]*?)\{\/\s*Bold\s*\}/i',
+            2 => '/\{\s*(Passthru)\s*(.*?)\}(.[^\}\{]*?)\{\/\s*Passthru\s*\}/i',
+            3 => '/\{\s*(Time)\s*(.*?)\}/i',
+        ));
+    }
+    
     public function testSlice()
     {
         $this->expectOutputString(date('Y'));