diff --git a/angel_jael/pubspec.yaml b/angel_jael/pubspec.yaml
index dba03b78..13850fc7 100644
--- a/angel_jael/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/angel_jael/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: angel_jael
-version: 1.0.0-alpha+2
+version: 1.0.0
 description: Angel support for the Jael templating engine.
 author: Tobe O <thosakwe@gmail.com>
 homepage: https://github.com/angel-dart/jael/tree/master/jael
diff --git a/jael/lib/src/text/scanner.dart b/jael/lib/src/text/scanner.dart
index 1eff17f8..8df86d9c 100644
--- a/jael/lib/src/text/scanner.dart
+++ b/jael/lib/src/text/scanner.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:charcode/ascii.dart';
 import 'package:string_scanner/string_scanner.dart';
 import '../ast/ast.dart';
 
@@ -127,7 +128,27 @@ class _Scanner implements Scanner {
 
       var lastToken = _scanFrom(_htmlPatterns, textStart);
 
-      if (lastToken?.type == TokenType.equals ||
+      if (lastToken?.type == TokenType.gt) {
+        if (!_scanner.isDone) {
+          var state = _scanner.state;
+          var ch = _scanner.peekChar();
+
+          if (ch != $space && ch != $cr && ch != $lf && ch != $tab) {
+            while (!_scanner.isDone) {
+              var ch = _scanner.peekChar();
+
+              if (ch == $lt || (ch == $open_brace && _scanner.peekChar() == $open_brace)) {
+                var span = _scanner.spanFrom(state);
+                tokens.add(new Token(TokenType.text, span));
+                break;
+              } else
+                _scanner.readChar();
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      else if (lastToken?.type == TokenType.equals ||
           lastToken?.type == TokenType.nequ) {
         textStart = null;
         scanExpressionTokens();
diff --git a/jael/pubspec.yaml b/jael/pubspec.yaml
index 4116cde6..f831741e 100644
--- a/jael/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/jael/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: jael
-version: 1.0.0-beta+3
+version: 1.0.0
 description:  A simple server-side HTML templating engine for Dart.
 author: Tobe O <thosakwe@gmail.com>
 homepage: https://github.com/angel-dart/jael/tree/master/jael
diff --git a/jael/test/text/scan_test.dart b/jael/test/text/scan_test.dart
index dee9f806..4ecae16d 100644
--- a/jael/test/text/scan_test.dart
+++ b/jael/test/text/scan_test.dart
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ main() {
     expect(tokens[6], isToken(TokenType.gt));
   });
 
+  test('single quotes', () {
+    var tokens = scan('<p>It\'s lit</p>', sourceUrl: 'test.jl').tokens;
+    tokens.forEach(print);
+
+    expect(tokens, hasLength(8));
+    expect(tokens[0], isToken(TokenType.lt));
+    expect(tokens[1], isToken(TokenType.id, 'p'));
+    expect(tokens[2], isToken(TokenType.gt));
+    expect(tokens[3], isToken(TokenType.text, 'It\'s lit'));
+    expect(tokens[4], isToken(TokenType.lt));
+    expect(tokens[5], isToken(TokenType.slash));
+    expect(tokens[6], isToken(TokenType.id, 'p'));
+    expect(tokens[7], isToken(TokenType.gt));
+  });
+
   test('text node', () {
     var tokens = scan('<p>Hello\nworld</p>', sourceUrl: 'test.jl').tokens;
     tokens.forEach(print);
diff --git a/jael_preprocessor/pubspec.yaml b/jael_preprocessor/pubspec.yaml
index d3c29ca0..48c743d5 100644
--- a/jael_preprocessor/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/jael_preprocessor/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: jael_preprocessor
-version: 1.0.0-alpha+2
+version: 1.0.0
 description: A pre-processor for resolving blocks and includes within Jael templates.
 author: Tobe O <thosakwe@gmail.com>
 homepage: https://github.com/angel-dart/jael/tree/master/jael_processor