diff --git a/src/Handlebars/Helpers.php b/src/Handlebars/Helpers.php
index 625e785..893f33c 100644
--- a/src/Handlebars/Helpers.php
+++ b/src/Handlebars/Helpers.php
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ class Helpers
                  * @var $args array
                  * @var $source string
                  */
-                $tmp = $context->get($args);
+                if (is_numeric($args)) {
+                    $tmp = $args;
+                } else {
+                    $tmp = $context->get($args);
+                }
 
                 if ($tmp) {
                     $template->setStopToken('else');
diff --git a/src/Handlebars/Template.php b/src/Handlebars/Template.php
index 4113e65..51d783e 100644
--- a/src/Handlebars/Template.php
+++ b/src/Handlebars/Template.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * @author    Behrooz Shabani <everplays@gmail.com>
  * @author    Chris Gray <chris.w.gray@gmail.com>
  * @author    Dmitriy Simushev <simushevds@gmail.com>
+ * @author    majortom731 <majortom731@googlemail.com>
  * @copyright 2010-2012 (c) Justin Hileman
  * @copyright 2012 (c) ParsPooyesh Co
  * @copyright 2013 (c) Behrooz Shabani
@@ -274,6 +275,55 @@ class Template
             $source
         );
 
+        // subexpression parsing loop
+        $subexprs = array(); // will contain all subexpressions inside outermost brackets
+        $inside_of = array( 'single' => false, 'double' => false );
+        $lvl = 0;
+        $cur_start = 0;
+        for ($i=0; $i < strlen($params[2]); $i++) {
+            $cur = substr($params[2], $i, 1);
+            if ($cur == "'" ) {
+                $inside_of['single'] = ! $inside_of['single'];
+            }
+            if ($cur == '"' ) {
+                $inside_of['double'] = ! $inside_of['double'];
+            }
+            if ($cur == '(' && ! $inside_of['single'] && ! $inside_of['double']) {
+                if ($lvl == 0) {
+                    $cur_start = $i+1;
+                }
+                $lvl++;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if ($cur == ')' && ! $inside_of['single'] && ! $inside_of['double']) {
+                $lvl--;
+                if ($lvl == 0) {
+                    $subexprs[] = substr($params[2], $cur_start, $i - $cur_start);
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (! empty($subexprs)) {
+            foreach ($subexprs as $expr) {
+                $cmd = explode(" ", $expr);
+                $name = trim($cmd[0]);
+                // construct artificial section node
+                $section_node = array(
+                    Tokenizer::TYPE => Tokenizer::T_ESCAPED,
+                    Tokenizer::NAME => $name,
+                    Tokenizer::OTAG => $current[Tokenizer::OTAG],
+                    Tokenizer::CTAG => $current[Tokenizer::CTAG],
+                    Tokenizer::INDEX => $current[Tokenizer::INDEX],
+                    Tokenizer::ARGS => implode(" ", array_slice($cmd, 1))
+                );
+                // resolve the node recursively
+                $resolved = $this->_handlebarsStyleSection($context, $section_node);
+                // replace original subexpression with result
+                $params[2] = str_replace('('.$expr.')', $resolved, $params[2]);
+            }
+        }
+
         $return = call_user_func_array($helpers->$sectionName, $params);
         if ($return instanceof String) {
             return $this->handlebars->loadString($return)->render($context);
diff --git a/tests/Xamin/HandlebarsTest.php b/tests/Xamin/HandlebarsTest.php
index 0736591..aaf10eb 100644
--- a/tests/Xamin/HandlebarsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Xamin/HandlebarsTest.php
@@ -248,6 +248,16 @@ class HandlebarsTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
                 '{{#bindAttr data}}',
                 array(),
                 'data'
+            ),
+            array(
+                '{{#if 1}}ok{{else}}fail{{/if}}',
+                array(),
+                'ok'
+            ),
+            array(
+                '{{#if 0}}ok{{else}}fail{{/if}}',
+                array(),
+                'fail'
             )
 
         );
@@ -764,4 +774,32 @@ class HandlebarsTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper subexpressions test
+     */
+    public function testHelperSubexpressions()
+    {
+        $loader = new \Handlebars\Loader\StringLoader();
+        $engine = new \Handlebars\Handlebars(array('loader' => $loader));
+        $engine->addHelper('test', function ($template, $context, $arg) {
+            return $arg.'Test.';
+        });
+
+        // assert that nested syntax is accepted and sub-helper is run
+        $this->assertEquals('Test.Test.', $engine->render('{{test (test)}}', array()));
+
+        $engine->addHelper('add', function ($template, $context, $arg) {
+            $values = explode( " ", $arg );
+            return $values[0] + $values[1];
+        });
+
+        // assert that subexpression result is inserted correctly as argument to top level helper
+        $this->assertEquals('42', $engine->render('{{add 21 (add 10 (add 5 6))}}', array()));
+
+
+        // assert that bracketed expressions within string literals are treated correctly
+        $this->assertEquals("'(test)'Test.", $engine->render("{{test '(test)'}}", array()));
+        $this->assertEquals("')'Test.Test.", $engine->render("{{test (test ')')}}", array()));
+    }
+
 }
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