diff --git a/Makesurefile b/Makesurefile
index 6c1490e..92c6d16 100644
--- a/Makesurefile
+++ b/Makesurefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # vim: syntax=bash
 @options timing
 
-@define NEXT_VERSION   '0.9.22'
+@define NEXT_VERSION   '0.9.23'
 @define GOAWK_VERSION  '1.25.0'
 @define JUST_VERSION   '1.3.0'
 @define FHTAGN_VERSION 'v0.1.1'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e300e3..9ec442b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ By default, all scripts inside goals are executed with `bash`. If you want to us
 
 ```
 $ ./makesure -h
-makesure ver. 0.9.22
+makesure ver. 0.9.23
 Usage: makesure [options...] [-f buildfile] [goals...]
  -f,--file buildfile
                  set buildfile to use (default Makesurefile)
diff --git a/makesure b/makesure
index 66648c5..e2bb572 100755
--- a/makesure
+++ b/makesure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 if command -v gawk >/dev/null;then makesure_awk='gawk -ltime -v Gawk=1';makesure_pre='';else makesure_awk=awk;makesure_pre='function gettimeofday(){}';fi
-exec $makesure_awk -v "Version=0.9.22" -v "Prog=$0" "$makesure_pre"'
+exec $makesure_awk -v "Version=0.9.23" -v "Prog=$0" "$makesure_pre"'
 BEGIN {
  Shell="bash"
  SupportedShells["bash"]
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function handleDefine(){
  if(NF!=3){
   addError("Invalid @define syntax, should be @define VAR_NAME '\''value'\''")
   return}
- if($2 !~ /^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$/){
+ if($2!~/^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$/){
   addError("Wrong variable name: '\''"$2"'\''")
   return}
  if(!($2 in DefineOverrides))
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function handleGoal(i,goalName){
     GoalParams[goalName,GoalParamsCnt[goalName]++]=validateParamName($i)
   }else if(NF>2)addError("nothing allowed after goal name")}
 function validateParamName(p){
- if(p !~ /^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*$/)addError("@param name should match /^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*$/: '\''"p"'\''")
+ if(p!~/^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*$/)addError("@param name should match /^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*$/: '\''"p"'\''")
  return p}
 function registerGoal(priv,goalName){
  if(""==goalName||"@params"==goalName)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function handleGoalGlob(goalName,globAllGoal,globSingle,priv,i,pattern,nfMax,gi,
  }else
   pattern=$(nfMax=4)
  if(NF>nfMax&&"@params"!=$(nfMax+1))
-   addError("nothing or @params allowed after glob pattern")
+  addError("nothing or @params allowed after glob pattern")
  else if(pattern=="")
   addError("absent glob pattern")
  else {
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ function shellExec(script,comment,res){
 function getMyDir(makesurefilePath){
  return executeGetLine("cd \"$(dirname "quoteArg(makesurefilePath)")\";pwd")}
 function handleCodeLine(line){
- if(!isCodeAllowed()&&line !~ /^[ \t]*#/&&trim(line)!=""){
+ if(!isCodeAllowed()&&line!~/^[ \t]*#/&&trim(line)!=""){
   if(!ShellInPreludeErrorShown++)
    addError("Shell code is not allowed outside goals/libs")
  }else
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ function instantiate(goal,args,newArgs,i,j,depArg,depArgType,dep,goalNameInstant
   copyKey(goal,goalNameInstantiated,ReachedIf)
   copyKey(goal,goalNameInstantiated,GoalToLib)
   for(i in args)
-   argsCode=addL(argsCode,i"="quoteArg(args[i]))
+   argsCode=addL(argsCode,i"="quoteArg(args[i])";export "i)
   CodePre[goalNameInstantiated]=addL(CodePre[goalNameInstantiated],argsCode)
   if(goalNameInstantiated in ReachedIf)
    ReachedIf[goalNameInstantiated]=argsCode"\n"ReachedIf[goalNameInstantiated]}
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ function parseCli_2(line,vars,vars2,res,pos,c,c1,isDoll,q,var,inDef,defVal,val,w
          return"unterminated argument"
         if(!inDef&&":"==c&&"-"==substr(line,pos+1,1)){
          inDef=1
-         c=substr(line,pos += 2,1)}
+         c=substr(line,pos+=2,1)}
         if(inDef){
          if("}"==c)
           break
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ function parseCli_2(line,vars,vars2,res,pos,c,c1,isDoll,q,var,inDef,defVal,val,w
       }else
        for(;(c=substr(line,pos+1,1))~/[_A-Za-z0-9]/;pos++)
         var=var c
-      if(var !~ /^[_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*$/)
+      if(var!~/^[_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*$/)
        return"wrong var: '\''"var"'\''"
       w=(w)((val=var in vars?vars[var]:var in vars2?vars2[var]:ENVIRON[var])!=""?val:defVal)
       continue}
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ function parseCli_2(line,vars,vars2,res,pos,c,c1,isDoll,q,var,inDef,defVal,val,w
     w=c
     while((c=substr(line,++pos,1))!=""&&c!=" "&&c!="\t"){
      w=w c}
-    if(w !~ /^[_A-Za-z0-9@.]+$/)
+    if(w!~/^[-_A-Za-z0-9@.]+$/)
      return"wrong unquoted: '\''"w"'\''"
     res[i=+res[-7]++,"quote"]="u"
     res[i]=w}}}}
@@ -639,7 +639,9 @@ function reparseCli(res,i,err){
  for(i=NF=0;i in res;i++)
   $(++NF)=res[i]
  for(i=2;i<=NF;i++)
-  if("\""==res[i-1,"quote"]&&!("@define"==$1&&3==i||"@depends_on"==$1&&"@args"==$3&&i>3)){
+  if("\""==res[i-1,"quote"]&&!("@define"==$1&&3==i||
+"@depends_on"==$1&&"@args"==$3&&i>3||
+"@goal"==$1&&"@glob"==$(i-1))){
    addError("Wrong quoting: "$i)
    return 0}
  return 1}
diff --git a/makesure_candidate b/makesure_candidate
index 5813d2f..e2bb572 100755
--- a/makesure_candidate
+++ b/makesure_candidate
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 if command -v gawk >/dev/null;then makesure_awk='gawk -ltime -v Gawk=1';makesure_pre='';else makesure_awk=awk;makesure_pre='function gettimeofday(){}';fi
-exec $makesure_awk -v "Version=0.9.22" -v "Prog=$0" "$makesure_pre"'
+exec $makesure_awk -v "Version=0.9.23" -v "Prog=$0" "$makesure_pre"'
 BEGIN {
  Shell="bash"
  SupportedShells["bash"]
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ function parseCli_2(line,vars,vars2,res,pos,c,c1,isDoll,q,var,inDef,defVal,val,w
     w=c
     while((c=substr(line,++pos,1))!=""&&c!=" "&&c!="\t"){
      w=w c}
-    if(w!~/^[_A-Za-z0-9@.]+$/)
+    if(w!~/^[-_A-Za-z0-9@.]+$/)
      return"wrong unquoted: '\''"w"'\''"
     res[i=+res[-7]++,"quote"]="u"
     res[i]=w}}}}