diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/blockdown.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/blockdown.py
index f94946b..12c71f1 100644
--- a/hyde/ext/plugins/blockdown.py
+++ b/hyde/ext/plugins/blockdown.py
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ class BlockdownPlugin(TextyPlugin):
         {% block blockname %} or equivalent and
         Replace close pattern (default===[====]/[blockname][===========])
         with
-        {% block blockname %} or equivalent
+        {% endblock blockname %} or equivalent
         """
         return super(BlockdownPlugin, self).text_to_tag(match, start)
diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/syntext.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/syntext.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4c3c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyde/ext/plugins/syntext.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Syntext plugin
+"""
+
+from hyde.ext.plugins.texty import TextyPlugin
+
+class SyntextPlugin(TextyPlugin):
+    """
+    The plugin class for syntax text replacement.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, site):
+        super(SyntextPlugin, self).__init__(site)
+
+    @property
+    def tag_name(self):
+        """
+        The syntax tag.
+        """
+        return 'syntax'
+
+    @property
+    def default_open_pattern(self):
+        """
+        The default pattern for block open text.
+        """
+        return '^~~~+\s*([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.]+)\s*~*\s*$'
+
+    @property
+    def default_close_pattern(self):
+        """
+        The default pattern for block close text.
+        """
+        return '^\s*~~~+\s*$'
+
+    def text_to_tag(self, match, start=True):
+        """
+        Replace open pattern (default:~~~~~css~~~~~~)
+        with
+        {% syntax css %} or equivalent and
+        Replace close pattern (default: ~~~~~~)
+        with
+        {% endsyntax %} or equivalent
+        """
+        return super(SyntextPlugin, self).text_to_tag(match, start)
diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/texty.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/texty.py
index fdbd6d4..f8e679f 100644
--- a/hyde/ext/plugins/texty.py
+++ b/hyde/ext/plugins/texty.py
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ class TextyPlugin(Plugin):
         Replaces the matched text with tag statement
         given by the template.
         """
-        if not match.lastindex:
-            return ''
-        params = match.groups(1)[0]
+        params = match.groups(1)[0] if match.lastindex else ''
         return (self.template.get_open_tag(self.tag_name, params)
                 if start
                 else self.template.get_close_tag(self.tag_name, params))
diff --git a/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py b/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py
index 22e5076..c8649d1 100644
--- a/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py
+++ b/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from jinja2 import environmentfilter, Markup, Undefined, nodes
 from jinja2.ext import Extension
 from jinja2.exceptions import TemplateError
 
+logger = getLoggerWithNullHandler('Jinja2')
 
 class SilentUndefined(Undefined):
     """
@@ -70,23 +71,22 @@ def syntax(env, value, lexer=None):
     try:
         import pygments
         from pygments import lexers
-        self.lexers = lexers
         from pygments import formatters
     except ImportError:
         logger.error(u"pygments library is required to use syntax highlighting tags.")
         raise TemplateError("Cannot load pygments")
 
-    pyg = (self.lexers.get_lexer_by_name(lexer)
+    pyg = (lexers.get_lexer_by_name(lexer)
                 if lexer else
-                    self.lexers.guess_lexer(value))
+                    lexers.guess_lexer(value))
     settings = {}
     if hasattr(env.config, 'syntax'):
         settings = getattr(env.config.syntax, 'options', {})
 
     formatter = formatters.HtmlFormatter(**settings)
-    code = pygments.highlight(value, lexer, formatter)
+    code = pygments.highlight(value, pyg, formatter)
     code = code.replace('\n\n', '\n&nbsp;\n').replace('\n', '<br />')
-    return safestring.mark_safe('\n\n<div class="code">%s</div>\n\n' % code)
+    return Markup('\n\n<div class="code">%s</div>\n\n' % code)
 
 class Markdown(Extension):
     """
@@ -125,11 +125,14 @@ class Syntax(Extension):
         Parses the statements and defers to the callback for pygments processing.
         """
         lineno = parser.stream.next().lineno
-        lex = parser.stream.next_if('name')
+        lex = None
+        if parser.stream.current.type != 'block_end':
+            lex = parser.stream.next().value
+
         body = parser.parse_statements(['name:endsyntax'], drop_needle=True)
 
         return nodes.CallBlock(
-                    self.call_method('_render_syntax', nodes.Const(lex)),
+                    self.call_method('_render_syntax', args=[nodes.Const(lex)]),
                         [], [], body).set_lineno(lineno)
 
     def _render_syntax(self, lex, caller=None):
@@ -273,9 +276,8 @@ class HydeLoader(FileSystemLoader):
         """
         Calls the plugins to preprocess prior to returning the source.
         """
-        print "Loading Template %s" % template
-        logger = getLoggerWithNullHandler('HydeLoader')
-        logger.debug("Loading template [%s] and preprocessing" % template)
+        hlogger = getLoggerWithNullHandler('HydeLoader')
+        hlogger.debug("Loading template [%s] and preprocessing" % template)
         (contents,
             filename,
                 date) = super(HydeLoader, self).get_source(
diff --git a/hyde/tests/ext/test_syntext.py b/hyde/tests/ext/test_syntext.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0db61d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyde/tests/ext/test_syntext.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Use nose
+`$ pip install nose`
+`$ nosetests`
+"""
+from hyde.fs import File, Folder
+from hyde.generator import Generator
+from hyde.site import Site
+
+from pyquery import PyQuery
+
+TEST_SITE = File(__file__).parent.parent.child_folder('_test')
+
+
+class TestSyntext(object):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        TEST_SITE.make()
+        TEST_SITE.parent.child_folder(
+                    'sites/test_jinja').copy_contents_to(TEST_SITE)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        TEST_SITE.delete()
+
+
+
+    def test_mark(self):
+        text = u"""
+~~~~~~~~css~~~~~~~
+.body{
+    background-color: white;
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"""
+        site = Site(TEST_SITE)
+        site.config.plugins = [
+            'hyde.ext.plugins.meta.MetaPlugin',
+            'hyde.ext.plugins.syntext.SyntextPlugin']
+        syn = File(site.content.source_folder.child('syn.html'))
+        syn.write(text)
+        gen = Generator(site)
+        gen.generate_all()
+        f = File(site.config.deploy_root_path.child(syn.name))
+        assert f.exists
+        html = f.read_all()
+        assert html
+        q = PyQuery(html)
+        assert q('div.code').length == 1
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