diff --git a/v3/pwiki/parser.js b/v3/pwiki/parser.js
index ec8c3e9..c04ac9c 100644
--- a/v3/pwiki/parser.js
+++ b/v3/pwiki/parser.js
@@ -1313,18 +1313,7 @@ module.parser = {
 						// content handler...
 						handler ??= 
 							function(page, body, path, text, state){
-								return args.isolated ?
-									this.resolve(
-										page, 
-										text, 
-										args.isolated == 'partial' ?
-											serialize.partialDeepCopy(state)
-											: {})
-									: this.expand(page, text, state) }
-
-						var pageHandler =
-							function([path, text]){
-								// recursion...
+								// check for recursion...
 								// XXX for some reason this does not work for async...
 								// 		...and works quite differently in tests and 
 								// 		in console -- returns [object Object] in the
@@ -1336,24 +1325,39 @@ module.parser = {
 									return that.expand(page, recursive, state) }
 								include_stack.push(path)
 
-								// XXX cache???
+								// XXX check cache???
 
-								// call the handler...
+								var res = args.isolated ?
+									this.resolve(
+										page, 
+										text, 
+										Object.assign(
+											args.isolated == 'partial' ?
+												serialize.partialDeepCopy(state)
+												: {},
+											{include_stack}))
+									: this.expand(page, text, state) 
+
+								// handle recursion...
+								return Promise.awaitOrRun(
+									res,
+									function(){
+										state.include_stack.at(-1) == src
+											&& state.include_stack.pop()
+										// cleanup...
+										if(state.include_stack.length == 0){
+											delete state.include_stack
+											delete state.recursive } 
+
+										return res }) }
+
+						var pageHandler =
+							function([path, text]){
+								// handle nested promises...
 								return Promise.awaitOrRun(
 									text,
 									function(text){
-										return Promise.awaitOrRun(
-											handler.call(that, page, body, path, text, state),
-											function(res){
-												// recursion
-												state.include_stack.at(-1) == src
-													&& state.include_stack.pop()
-												// cleanup...
-												if(state.include_stack.length == 0){
-													delete state.include_stack
-													delete state.recursive } 
-
-												return res }) }) }
+										return handler.call(that, page, body, path, text, state) }) }
 
 						// get and run things...
 						return Promise.awaitOrRun(