diff --git a/v3/pwiki/parser.js b/v3/pwiki/parser.js
index 310d9fe..df77315 100644
--- a/v3/pwiki/parser.js
+++ b/v3/pwiki/parser.js
@@ -530,6 +530,8 @@ module.BaseParser = {
 	//
 	//		// wait for all...
 	//		wait: <promise> | null,
+	//
+	//		...
 	//	}
 	//
 	//
@@ -1572,28 +1574,25 @@ module.parser = {
 						// content handler...
 						handler ??= 
 							function(page, text, state){
-								return this.expand(page, text, state) }
+								// XXX should this be the difference between 
+								// 		@include(..) and @source(..)???
+								return args.isolated ?
+									this.resolve(page, text, 
+										args.isolated == 'partial' ?
+											// XXX
+											serialize.partialDeepCopy(state)
+											: {}) 
+									: this.expand(page, text, state)}
 
 						var pageHandler =
 							function(text, i, l){
 								return [
-									handler.call(that, 
-										page, 
-										text, 
-										// isolated up -- will see all 
-										// the state but can have no 
-										// side-effects...
-										args.isolated == 'partial' ?
-												serialize.partialDeepCopy(state)
-											// fully isolated...
-											: args.isolated ?
-												{}
-											: state),
+									handler.call(that, page, text, state),
 									// join...
 									(args.join 
 											&& i < l.length - 1) ?
 										that.expand(page, args.join, state)
-										: []
+										: [],
 								].flat() }
 						var resultHandler =
 							function(pages){
diff --git a/v3/pwiki/test/parser.js b/v3/pwiki/test/parser.js
index 4bd704c..14a87ff 100755
--- a/v3/pwiki/test/parser.js
+++ b/v3/pwiki/test/parser.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module.exports.PAGES = {
 	'/page': 'Page',
 	'/async/page': Promise.resolve('Page'),
 	'/includePage': '@include(/page)',
+	'/isolated': '@slot(slot original)'
 }
 
 var P = 
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ test.Setups({
 	// XXX
 
 	// include...
+	// XXX see inside...
 	include: function(assert, path='/blank', expected){
 		return { 
 			page: P,
@@ -197,6 +199,25 @@ test.Setups({
 		return this.include(assert, '/includePage', 'Page') },
 	include_async: function(assert){
 		return this.include(assert, '/async/page', 'Page') },
+	// islotaed...
+	include_nonisolated: function(assert){
+		return {
+			page: P,
+			code:[
+				'@include("/isolated") @slot(slot overloaded)',
+					'overloaded ',
+			],
+		} },
+	include_isolated: function(assert){
+		return {
+			page: P,
+			code:[
+				'@include(isolated /isolated) @slot(slot overloaded)',
+					'original overloaded',
+			],
+		} },
+	// XXX recursion...
+	// XXX
 })