diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 4c5d9d9..e7009b2 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ multitask :push do
     puts "\n## copying #{public_dir} to #{deploy_dir}"
     cp_r "#{public_dir}/.", deploy_dir
     cd "#{deploy_dir}" do
-      system "touch .nojekyll"
+      File.new(".nojekyll", "w").close
       system "git add ."
       system "git add -u"
       message = "Site updated at #{Time.now.utc}"
diff --git a/plugins/backtick_code_block.rb b/plugins/backtick_code_block.rb
index 055aebe..c4581bf 100644
--- a/plugins/backtick_code_block.rb
+++ b/plugins/backtick_code_block.rb
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ module BacktickCodeBlock
     input.encode!("UTF-8")
     input.gsub /^`{3}(.+?)`{3}/m do
       str = $1.to_s
-      linenos = true
-      start = 1
       str.gsub /([^\n]+)?\n(.+?)\Z/m do
-        @options = $1 || ''
+        markup = $1 || ''
         code = $2.to_s
-        if @options =~ /\s*linenos:false/i
-          linenos = false
-          @options = @options.sub(/\s*linenos:false/i,'')
-        end
-        if @options =~ /\s*start:(\d+)/i
-          start = $1.to_i
-          @options = @options.sub(/\s*start:\d+/i,'')
-        end
-        if @options =~ AllOptions
-          highlight(code, $1, {caption: $2, url: $3, anchor: $4 || 'Link', linenos: linenos, start: start})
-        elsif @options =~ LangCaption
-          highlight(code, $1, {caption: $2 || '', linenos: linenos, start: start})
+
+        linenos = get_linenos(markup)
+        markup = replace_linenos(markup)
+
+        marks = get_marks(markup)
+        markup = replace_marks(markup)
+        
+        start = get_start(markup)
+        markup = replace_start(markup)
+
+        if markup =~ AllOptions
+          highlight(code, $1, {caption: $2, url: $3, anchor: $4 || 'Link', linenos: linenos, start: start, marks: marks})
+        elsif markup =~ LangCaption
+          highlight(code, $1, {caption: $2 || '', linenos: linenos, start: start, marks: marks})
         else
           highlight(code, 'plain', {linenos: linenos, start: start})
         end
diff --git a/plugins/code_block.rb b/plugins/code_block.rb
index a396d06..8cbb7ad 100644
--- a/plugins/code_block.rb
+++ b/plugins/code_block.rb
@@ -54,16 +54,19 @@ module Jekyll
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)
       @caption = nil
       @url = nil
-      @lang = nil
-      @start = 1
-      if markup =~ /\s*lang:(\w+)/i
-        @lang = $1
-        markup = markup.sub(/lang:\w+/i,'')
-      end
-      if markup =~ /\s*start:(\d+)/i
-        @start = $1.to_i
-        markup = markup.sub(/\s*start:\d+/i,'')
-      end
+      
+      @lang = get_lang(markup)
+      markup = replace_lang(markup)
+
+      @linenos = get_linenos(markup)
+      markup = replace_linenos(markup)
+
+      @mark = get_marks(markup)
+      markup = replace_marks(markup)
+      
+      @start = get_start(markup)
+      markup = replace_start(markup)
+
       if markup =~ CaptionUrlTitle
         @caption = $1
         @url = $2 + $3
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ module Jekyll
 
     def render(context)
       code = super.strip
-      code = highlight(code, @lang, {caption: @caption, url: @url, anchor: @anchor, start: @start})
+      code = highlight(code, @lang, {caption: @caption, url: @url, anchor: @anchor, start: @start, marks: @marks, linenos: @linenos})
       code = context['pygments_prefix'] + code if context['pygments_prefix']
       code = code + context['pygments_suffix'] if context['pygments_suffix']
       code
diff --git a/plugins/include_code.rb b/plugins/include_code.rb
index 93ad728..94eb534 100644
--- a/plugins/include_code.rb
+++ b/plugins/include_code.rb
@@ -30,25 +30,27 @@ module Jekyll
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)
       @title = nil
       @file = nil
-      @start = 1
-      @end = nil
-      if markup.strip =~ /\s*lang:(\w+)/i
-        @filetype = $1
-        markup = markup.strip.sub(/lang:\w+/i,'')
-      end
-      if markup =~ /\s*start:(\d+)/i
-        @start = $1.to_i
-        markup = markup.sub(/\s*start:\d+/i,'')
-      end
-      if markup =~ /\s*end:(\d+)/i
-        @end = $1.to_i
-        markup = markup.sub(/\s*end:\d+/i,'')
-      end
-      if markup =~ /\s*range:(\d+),(\d+)/i
-        @start = $1.to_i
-        @end = $2.to_i
-        markup = markup.sub(/\s*range:\d+,\d+/i,'')
-      end
+
+      @lang = get_lang(markup)
+      markup = replace_lang(markup)
+
+      @linenos = get_linenos(markup)
+      markup = replace_linenos(markup)
+
+      @marks = get_marks(markup)
+      markup = replace_marks(markup)
+      
+      @start = get_start(markup)
+      markup = replace_start(markup)
+
+      @end = get_end(markup)
+      markup = replace_end(markup)
+
+      range = get_range(markup, @start, @end)
+      @start = range[:start]
+      @end = range[:start]
+      markup = replace_range(markup)
+
       if markup.strip =~ /(.*)?(\s+|^)(\/*\S+)/i
         @title = $1 || nil
         @file = $3
@@ -78,10 +80,10 @@ module Jekyll
         if @start > 1 or @end < length
           code = code.split(/\n/).slice(@start -1, @end + 1 - @start).join("\n")
         end
-        @filetype = file.extname.sub('.','') if @filetype.nil?
+        @lang = file.extname.sub('.','') unless @lang
         title = @title ? "#{@title} (#{file.basename})" : file.basename
         url = "/#{code_dir}/#{@file}"
-        highlight(code, @filetype, {caption: title, url: url, anchor: 'download', start: @start})
+        highlight(code, @lang, {caption: title, url: url, anchor: 'download', start: @start, marks: @marks, linenos: @linenos })
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/plugins/pygments_code.rb b/plugins/pygments_code.rb
index 9c548b7..86b6cd6 100644
--- a/plugins/pygments_code.rb
+++ b/plugins/pygments_code.rb
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ module HighlightCode
     lang = 'perl' if lang == 'pl'
     lang = 'yaml' if lang == 'yml'
     lang = 'coffeescript' if lang == 'coffee'
-    lang = 'plain' if lang == '' or lang.nil?
+    lang = 'plain' if lang == '' or lang.nil? or !lang
 
-    caption = options[:caption]    || nil
-    url     = options[:url]        || nil
-    anchor  = options[:anchor]     || nil
-    wrap    = options[:wrap]       || true
+    caption = options[:caption]   || nil
+    url     = options[:url]       || nil
+    anchor  = options[:anchor]    || nil
+    wrap    = options[:wrap]      || true
+    marks   = options[:marks]
     linenos = options[:linenos]
     start   = options[:start]
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ module HighlightCode
       code = pygments(code, lang).match(/<pre>(.+)<\/pre>/m)[1].gsub(/ *$/, '') #strip out divs <div class="highlight">
     end
 
-    code = tableize_code(code, lang, { linenos: linenos, start: start })
+    code = tableize_code(code, lang, { linenos: linenos, start: start, marks: marks })
     caption = captionize(caption, url, anchor) if caption
 
     figure = "<figure class='code'>#{caption}#{code}</figure>"
@@ -65,20 +66,104 @@ module HighlightCode
 
   def tableize_code (code, lang, options = {})
     start = options[:start]
-    lines = options[:linenos] || true
+    lines = options[:linenos].nil? ? true : options[:linenos]
+    marks = options[:marks]   || []
     table = "<div class='highlight'><table>"
-    table += number_lines(start, code.lines.count) if lines
+    table += number_lines(start, code.lines.count, marks) if lines
     table += "<td class='code'><pre><code class='#{lang}'>"
-    table += code.gsub /^((.+)?(\n?))/, '<span class=\'line\'>\1</span>'
+    if marks.size
+      code.lines.each_with_index do |line,index|
+        table += "<span class='line#{' marked' if marks.include? index + start}'>#{line}</span>"
+      end
+    else
+      table += code.gsub /^((.+)?(\n?))/, '<span class=\'line\'>\1</span>'
+    end
     table +="</code></pre></td></tr></table></div>"
   end
 
-  def number_lines (start, count)
+  def number_lines (start, count, marks)
     start ||= 1
     lines = "<td class='gutter'><pre class='line-numbers'>"
     count.times do |index|
-      lines += "<span class='line-number'>#{index + start}</span>\n"
+      lines += "<span class='line-number#{' marked' if marks.include? index + start}'>#{index + start}</span>\n"
     end
     lines += "</pre></td>"
   end
+
+  def get_lang (input)
+    lang = nil
+    if input =~ /\s*lang:(\w+)/i
+      lang = $1
+    end
+    lang
+  end
+
+  def replace_lang (input)
+    input.sub /\s*lang:\w+/i, ''
+  end
+
+  def get_marks (input)
+    # Matches pattern for line marks and returns array of line numbers to mark
+    # Example input mark:1,5-10,2
+    # Outputs: [1,2,5,6,7,8,9,10]
+    marks = []
+    if input =~ /\s*mark:(\d\S*)/i
+      marks = $1.gsub /(\d+)-(\d+)/ do
+        ($1.to_i..$2.to_i).to_a.join(',')
+      end
+      marks = marks.split(',').collect {|s| s.to_i}.sort
+    end
+    marks
+  end
+
+  def replace_marks (input)
+    input.sub(/\s*mark:\d\S*/i,'')
+  end
+
+  def get_linenos (input)
+    linenos = true
+    if input =~ /\s*linenos:false/i
+      linenos = false
+    end
+    linenos
+  end
+
+  def replace_linenos (input)
+    input.sub(/\s*linenos:false/i,'')
+  end
+
+  def get_start (input)
+    start = 1
+    if input =~ /\s*start:(\d+)/i
+      start = $1.to_i
+    end
+    start
+  end
+
+  def replace_start (input)
+    input.sub(/\s*start:\d+/i,'')
+  end
+
+  def get_end (input)
+    endline = nil
+    if input =~ /\s*end:(\d+)/i
+      endline = $1.to_i
+    end
+    endline
+  end
+
+  def replace_end (input)
+    input.sub(/\s*end:\d+/i,'')
+  end
+
+  def get_range (input, start, endline)
+    if input =~ /\s*range:(\d+),(\d+)/i
+      start = $1.to_i
+      eneline = $2.to_i
+    end
+    {start: start, end: endline}
+  end
+  def replace_range (input)
+    input.sub(/\s*range:\d+,\d+/i,'')
+  end
 end