diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e04563..c694dc3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
 include(cmake/color.cmake)
 
-set(BLT_VERSION 0.16.23)
+set(BLT_VERSION 0.16.24)
 set(BLT_TEST_VERSION 0.0.1)
 
 set(BLT_TARGET BLT)
diff --git a/include/blt/parse/templating.h b/include/blt/parse/templating.h
index 814140a..37217ff 100644
--- a/include/blt/parse/templating.h
+++ b/include/blt/parse/templating.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 namespace blt
 {
+    
     template<typename Storage, typename Consumable>
     class template_consumer_base_t
     {
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ namespace blt
     {
         //STRING,         // A string of characters not $ { or }
         IDENT,          // $
+        ADD,            // +
         CURLY_OPEN,     // {
         CURLY_CLOSE,    // }
         IF,             // IF
@@ -143,6 +145,8 @@ namespace blt
                 return "[COMMA]";
             case template_token_t::PERIOD:
                 return "[PERIOD]";
+            case template_token_t::ADD:
+                return "[ADD]";
         }
     }
     
@@ -155,8 +159,18 @@ namespace blt
     
     enum class template_parser_failure_t
     {
+        SUBSTITUTION_NOT_FOUND,
         TOKENIZER_FAILURE,
-        NO_MATCHING_CURLY
+        NO_MATCHING_CURLY,
+        MISSING_IDENT_BRACES,
+        FUNCTION_EXPECTED_STRING,
+        FUNCTION_NOT_FOUND,
+        FUNCTION_DISCARD,
+        STRING_EXPECTED_CONCAT,
+        IF_EXPECTED_PAREN,
+        BOOL_EXPECTED_PAREN,
+        UNKNOWN_STATEMENT_ERROR,
+        UNKNOWN_ERROR
     };
     
     struct template_token_data_t
@@ -198,10 +212,15 @@ namespace blt
                     return "";
                 auto token = storage[getPreviousIndex()];
                 auto len = (&token.token.back() - &raw_string.front()) - last_read_index;
-                auto str = std::string_view(&raw_string[last_read_index], len);
+                auto str = std::string_view(&raw_string[lasomt_read_index], len);
                 last_read_index += len;
                 return str;
             }
+            
+            void back()
+            {
+                current_index--;
+            }
         
         private:
             size_t last_read_index = 0;
@@ -211,27 +230,181 @@ namespace blt
     {
         public:
             using estring = blt::expected<std::string, template_parser_failure_t>;
+            using ebool = blt::expected<bool, template_parser_failure_t>;
+            
             template_parser_t(blt::hashmap_t<std::string, std::string>& substitutions, template_token_consumer_t& consumer):
                     substitutions(substitutions), consumer(consumer)
             {}
             
             estring parse()
             {
-                consumer.advance(2);
-                auto str = statement();
-                if (!str)
+                auto next = consumer.consume();
+                if (next.type == template_token_t::IDENT && consumer.next().type == template_token_t::CURLY_OPEN)
+                {
+                    consumer.advance();
+                    auto str = statement();
+                    consumer.advance();
                     return str;
-                // should never occur
-                if (consumer.hasNext() && consumer.next().type != template_token_t::CURLY_CLOSE)
-                    return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::NO_MATCHING_CURLY);
-                consumer.advance();
-                return str;
+                }
+                return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::MISSING_IDENT_BRACES);
             }
         
         private:
             estring statement()
             {
+                auto next = consumer.consume();
+                if (next.type == template_token_t::STRING || next.type == template_token_t::QUOTE)
+                {
+                    consumer.back();
+                    return string();
+                } else if (next.type == template_token_t::FUNCTION)
+                {
+                    return function();
+                } else if (next.type == template_token_t::IDENT && consumer.hasNext() && consumer.next().type == template_token_t::CURLY_OPEN)
+                {
+                    consumer.advance();
+                    auto stmt = statement();
+                    // should never occur
+                    if (consumer.hasNext() && consumer.next().type != template_token_t::CURLY_CLOSE)
+                        return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::NO_MATCHING_CURLY);
+                    consumer.advance();
+                    return stmt;
+                } else if (next.type == template_token_t::IF)
+                {
+                    return if_func();
+                }
+                return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::UNKNOWN_STATEMENT_ERROR);
+            }
             
+            estring function()
+            {
+                auto str = consumer.consume();
+                if (str.type != template_token_t::STRING)
+                    return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::FUNCTION_EXPECTED_STRING);
+                if (str.token == "DISCARD")
+                    return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::FUNCTION_DISCARD);
+                return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::FUNCTION_NOT_FOUND);
+            }
+            
+            estring if_func()
+            {
+                // IF(
+                if (consumer.consume().type != template_token_t::PAR_OPEN)
+                    return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::IF_EXPECTED_PAREN);
+                // (statement)
+                auto bool_eval = bool_statement();
+                if (!bool_eval)
+                    return blt::unexpected(bool_eval.error());
+                if (consumer.consume().type != template_token_t::PAR_CLOSE)
+                    return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::IF_EXPECTED_PAREN);
+                auto true_statement = statement();
+                estring false_statement = blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::UNKNOWN_ERROR);
+                if (consumer.next().type == template_token_t::ELSE)
+                {
+                    consumer.advance();
+                    false_statement = statement();
+                }
+                if (bool_eval.value())
+                {
+                    return true_statement;
+                } else
+                {
+                    if (false_statement)
+                        return false_statement;
+                    return "";
+                }
+            }
+            
+            estring string()
+            {
+                auto next = consumer.consume();
+                if (next.type == template_token_t::STRING)
+                {
+                    if (!substitutions.contains(next.token))
+                        return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::SUBSTITUTION_NOT_FOUND);
+                    if (consumer.next().type == template_token_t::SEMI)
+                    {
+                        consumer.advance();
+                        return substitutions[next.token];
+                    }
+                    if (consumer.next().type != template_token_t::ADD)
+                        return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::STRING_EXPECTED_CONCAT);
+                    consumer.advance();
+                    auto str = string();
+                    if (str)
+                        return substitutions[next.token] + str.value();
+                    else
+                        return str;
+                } else
+                {
+                    if (consumer.next().type == template_token_t::SEMI)
+                    {
+                        consumer.advance();
+                        return std::string(next.token);
+                    }
+                    auto str = string();
+                    if (str)
+                        return std::string(next.token) + str.value();
+                    else
+                        return str;
+                }
+            }
+            
+            ebool bool_statement()
+            {
+                auto next = consumer.next();
+                if (next.type == template_token_t::PAR_OPEN)
+                {
+                    consumer.advance();
+                    auto b = bool_statement();
+                    if (consumer.consume().type != template_token_t::PAR_CLOSE)
+                        return blt::unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::BOOL_EXPECTED_PAREN);
+                    return b;
+                }
+                return bool_expression();
+            }
+            
+            ebool bool_expression()
+            {
+                auto next = consumer.next();
+                if (next.type == template_token_t::PAR_OPEN)
+                    return bool_statement();
+                consumer.advance();
+                if (next.type == template_token_t::NOT)
+                {
+                    auto b = bool_statement();
+                    if (b)
+                        return !b.value();
+                    else
+                        return b;
+                } else if (next.type == template_token_t::STRING)
+                {
+                    auto bool_val = next.token.empty();
+                    next = consumer.next();
+                    if (next.type == template_token_t::PAR_CLOSE)
+                        return bool_val;
+                    consumer.advance();
+                    if (next.type == template_token_t::AND)
+                    {
+                        auto other_val = bool_expression();
+                        if (!other_val)
+                            return other_val;
+                        return bool_val && other_val.value();
+                    } else if (next.type == template_token_t::OR)
+                    {
+                        auto other_val = bool_expression();
+                        if (!other_val)
+                            return other_val;
+                        return bool_val || other_val.value();
+                    } else if (next.type == template_token_t::XOR)
+                    {
+                        auto other_val = bool_expression();
+                        if (!other_val)
+                            return other_val;
+                        return bool_val ^ other_val.value();
+                    }
+                }
+                return unexpected(template_parser_failure_t::UNKNOWN_ERROR);
             }
             
             blt::hashmap_t<std::string, std::string>& substitutions;
diff --git a/include/blt/std/expected.h b/include/blt/std/expected.h
index b2700af..3fa4f9a 100644
--- a/include/blt/std/expected.h
+++ b/include/blt/std/expected.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ namespace blt
             expected& operator=(const expected& copy)
             {
                 v = copy.v;
+                return *this;
             }
             
             constexpr expected(expected&& move) noexcept: v(std::move(move.v))
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ namespace blt
             expected& operator=(expected&& move)
             {
                 std::swap(v, move.v);
+                return *this;
             }
             
             /*
diff --git a/libraries/parallel-hashmap b/libraries/parallel-hashmap
index 7ef2e73..1036816 160000
--- a/libraries/parallel-hashmap
+++ b/libraries/parallel-hashmap
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7ef2e733416953b222851f9a360d7fc72d068ee5
+Subproject commit 10368163ab1f4367d2f0685b5928b1c973ebd1ec
diff --git a/src/blt/parse/templating.cpp b/src/blt/parse/templating.cpp
index ff6ad0b..68af339 100644
--- a/src/blt/parse/templating.cpp
+++ b/src/blt/parse/templating.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace blt
             case ',':
             case '.':
             case '|':
+            case '+':
                 return true;
             default:
                 return false;
@@ -123,6 +124,9 @@ namespace blt
                 case ',':
                     tokens.emplace_back(template_token_t::COMMA, level, consumer.from(current_start, current_start + 1));
                     break;
+                case '+':
+                    tokens.emplace_back(template_token_t::ADD, level, consumer.from(current_start, current_start + 1));
+                    break;
                 case '.':
                     tokens.emplace_back(template_token_t::PERIOD, level, consumer.from(current_start, current_start + 1));
                     break;
@@ -207,18 +211,25 @@ namespace blt
         
         while (consumer.hasNext())
         {
+            BLT_TRACE("Running with next %d", static_cast<int>(consumer.next().type));
             while (consumer.hasNext(2))
             {
-                if (consumer.next().type == template_token_t::IDENT && consumer.next().type == template_token_t::CURLY_OPEN)
+                if (consumer.next().type == template_token_t::IDENT && consumer.next(1).type == template_token_t::CURLY_OPEN)
                 {
+                    BLT_TRACE("From Last: %s", std::string(consumer.from_last(str)).c_str());
                     return_str += consumer.from_last(str);
                     break;
                 }
+                consumer.advance();
             }
             if (auto result = parser.parse())
                 return_str += result.value();
             else
+            {
+                if (result.error() == template_parser_failure_t::FUNCTION_DISCARD)
+                    continue;
                 return result;
+            }
         }
         
         return return_str;