diff --git a/compile.js b/compile.js
index 1960b76..68ec1e6 100644
--- a/compile.js
+++ b/compile.js
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ function compile(string, inline) {
         }
 
         var replaceCode = replace.join(" +\n    ")
-        var compiledSource = template(replaceTemplate, replaceCode)
-        return new Function(compiledSource)
+        var compiledSource = template(replaceTemplate, replaceCode);
+        return new Function(compiledSource);
     }
 
     return function template() {
diff --git a/custom.js b/custom.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0000ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+
+
+var opTag = "{";
+var clTag = "}";
+var nargs = /\{([0-9a-zA-Z]+)\}/g
+
+
+
+function isSpecialRegExpChar( c ) {
+  return "\^$.|?*+()[]{}".indexOf( c ) != -1;
+}
+
+
+function escapeForRegExp( str ) {
+  var l = str.length;
+  var result = "";
+  for( var i=0; i<l; i++ ) {
+    result += ( isSpecialRegExpChar( str[i] ) ? "\\" : "" ) + str[i];
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+
+function setOpenCloseTags( op, cl ) {
+  if( op == cl ) {
+    console.log( "ERROR: In setOpenCloseTags, open and close tags must be different to each other." );
+    return;
+  }
+  opTag = op;
+  clTag = cl;
+
+  var op_RegExp, cl_RegExp;
+  op_RegExp = escapeForRegExp( op );
+  cl_RegExp = escapeForRegExp( cl );
+
+  nargs = new RegExp( op_RegExp+"([0-9a-zA-Z]+)"+cl_RegExp, "g" );
+}
+
+
+module.exports.config = function() {
+  return {
+    opTag: opTag,
+    clTag: clTag,
+    nargs: nargs
+  }
+}
+module.exports.setOpenCloseTags = setOpenCloseTags;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 012cec2..96477bb 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-var nargs = /\{([0-9a-zA-Z]+)\}/g
 var slice = Array.prototype.slice
 
+var custom = require('./custom');
+
 module.exports = template
 
 function template(string) {
@@ -16,11 +17,13 @@ function template(string) {
         args = {}
     }
 
-    return string.replace(nargs, function replaceArg(match, i, index) {
+    var config = custom.config();
+
+    return string.replace(config.nargs, function replaceArg(match, i, index) {
         var result
 
-        if (string[index - 1] === "{" &&
-            string[index + match.length] === "}") {
+        if (string[index - 1] === config.opTag &&
+            string[index + match.length] === config.clTag) {
             return i
         } else {
             result = args.hasOwnProperty(i) ? args[i] : null
diff --git a/test/custom.js b/test/custom.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86c2b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/custom.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+var test = require("tape");
+
+var format = require('../index');
+var custom = require('../custom');
+
+
+
+test("Setting identical open/close tags leads to no action", function (assert) {
+  var config = custom.config();
+  custom.setOpenCloseTags( "<==", "<==" );
+  var newConfig = custom.config();
+  assert.equal( config.nargs, newConfig.nargs );
+  assert.equal( config.opTag, newConfig.opTag );
+  assert.equal( config.clTag, newConfig.clTag );
+
+  assert.end();
+});
+
+
+test("Changing open/close tags works", function (assert) {
+   var objs = {
+       name: "Nicolas",
+       age: "31",
+       city: "Paris" };
+
+   custom.setOpenCloseTags( "{", "}" );
+   var result = format( "Hello {name}, I hear you come from {{city}}?", objs );
+   assert.equal(result, "Hello Nicolas, I hear you come from {city}?");
+
+   custom.setOpenCloseTags( "{{", "}}" );
+   result = format( "Hello {name}, I hear you come from {{city}}?", objs );
+   assert.equal(result, "Hello {name}, I hear you come from Paris?");
+
+   custom.setOpenCloseTags( "<%=", "%>" );
+   result = format( "Hello {name}, I hear you come from {{city}}?", objs );
+   assert.equal(result, "Hello {name}, I hear you come from {{city}}?");
+
+   // restoring standard open/close tags for following tests
+   custom.setOpenCloseTags( "{", "}" );
+
+   assert.end();
+});
+
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 95b6260..b8f0230 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 require("./string-template")
 require("./compile-weak")
 require("./compile-strong")
+require("./custom")