diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be7fea8..463c71c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "starlight",
   "description": "A Lua -> ES6 transpiler",
-  "version": "0.1.8",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Paul Cuthbertson"
   },
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/paulcuth/starlight/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "printf": "^0.2.3"
+    "printf": "^0.2.3",
+    "superagent": "^1.8.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel": "^5.4.7",
diff --git a/src/build-tools/grunt/README.md b/src/build-tools/grunt/README.md
index 1217eb1..0e59939 100644
--- a/src/build-tools/grunt/README.md
+++ b/src/build-tools/grunt/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # grunt-starlight
-A Lua to ES6 translator
+A Lua to ES6 translator  
 http://starlight.paulcuth.me.uk
 
 ## Getting Started
diff --git a/src/build-tools/grunt/package.json b/src/build-tools/grunt/package.json
index a201668..0b6a1cf 100644
--- a/src/build-tools/grunt/package.json
+++ b/src/build-tools/grunt/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "grunt-starlight",
-  "description": "A Lua -> ES6 transpiler",
+  "description": "A Lua to ES6 translator",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/paulcuth/starlight",
   "author": {
diff --git a/src/parser/index.js b/src/parser/index.js
index c6afa30..abe89d9 100644
--- a/src/parser/index.js
+++ b/src/parser/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { getRuntimeInit, generateJS } from './code-generator';
 import { default as parser } from 'luaparse';
+import superagent from 'superagent';
+
 
 if (typeof global === undefined) {
 	global = window;
@@ -27,33 +29,82 @@ function parseToString (input) {
 	return js;
 }
 
+
 function parse (input) {
 	return (new Function('var global = this;' + parseToString(input))).bind(global || window);
 }
 
+
 function runScriptTags() {
 	const selectors = SUPPORTED_MIME_TYPES.map(t => `script[type="${t}"]`);
-	const scripts = document.querySelectorAll(selectors.join());
+	const scriptTags = [...document.querySelectorAll(selectors.join())];
 	let script, i, modname, scriptBody;
 	let lua = '';
 
-	for (i = 0; script = scripts[i]; i++) {
-		modname = script.dataset.modname;
-		scriptBody = script.textContent;
+	const { immediate, deferred } = parseScriptTags(scriptTags);
+	runNextTag([...immediate, ...deferred]);
+}
+
+
+function parseScriptTags (tags) {
+	const immediate = [];
+	const deferred = [];
+
+	tags.forEach(tag => {
+		const src = tag.src;
+
+		if (src) {
+			const arr = tag.defer? deferred : immediate;
+			arr.push(new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+				let x = superagent
+					.get(src)
+					.end((error, response) => {
+						if (error) {
+							resolve({});
+
+						} else {
+							resolve({
+								modname: tag.dataset.modname,
+								body: response.text
+							});
+						}
+					});
+			}));
 
-		if (modname) {
-			lua += " rawset(package.preload, '" + modname + "', function(...) " + scriptBody + " end) ";
 		} else {
-			lua += scriptBody;
+			immediate.push(Promise.resolve({
+				modname: tag.dataset.modname,
+				body: tag.textContent,
+			}));
 		}
-	}
+	});
+
+	return { immediate, deferred };
+}
+
 
-	if (lua) {
-		parse(lua)();
+function runNextTag (tags) {
+	if (!tags.length) {
+		return;
 	}
+
+	let tag;
+	[tag, ...tags] = tags;
+
+	tag.then(({ modname, body, error }) => {
+		if (body !== undefined) {
+			if (modname) {
+				body = " rawset(package.preload, '" + modname + "', function(...) " + body + " end) ";
+			}
+			parse(body)();		
+		}
+
+		runNextTag(tags);
+	});
 }
 
 
+// Init
 if (global.document && global.document.querySelector('script[src$="starlight.js"][data-run-script-tags]')) {
 	global.document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', runScriptTags);
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/lib/string.js b/src/runtime/lib/string.js
index ba7ee54..81675c6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/lib/string.js
+++ b/src/runtime/lib/string.js
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ function translatePattern (pattern) {
 	// TODO Add support for balanced character matching (not sure this is easily achieveable).
 	pattern = '' + pattern;
 
+	// Replace single backslash with double backslashes
+	pattern = pattern.replace(new RegExp('\\\\', 'g'), '\\\\');
+
 	for (let i in ROSETTA_STONE) {
 		if (ROSETTA_STONE.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
 			pattern = pattern.replace(new RegExp(i, 'g'), ROSETTA_STONE[i]);
diff --git a/src/runtime/operators.js b/src/runtime/operators.js
index 48c8133..e1b9133 100644
--- a/src/runtime/operators.js
+++ b/src/runtime/operators.js
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ function binaryArithmetic(left, right, metaMethodName, callback) {
 }
 
 
+function binaryStringArithmetic(left, right, metaMethodName, callback) {
+	if (typeof left == 'string' && typeof right == 'string') {
+		return callback(left, right);
+	}
+	return binaryArithmetic(left, right, metaMethodName, callback);
+}
+
+
 function concat(left, right) {
 	let mt, f;
 
@@ -134,8 +142,8 @@ const op = {
 	},
 	mod: (left, right) => binaryArithmetic(left, right, '__mod', mod),
 	pow: (left, right) => binaryArithmetic(left, right, '__pow', Math.pow),
-	lt: (left, right) => binaryArithmetic(left, right, '__lt', (l, r) => l < r),
-	lte: (left, right) => binaryArithmetic(left, right, '__le', (l, r) => l <= r),
+	lt: (left, right) => binaryStringArithmetic(left, right, '__lt', (l, r) => l < r),
+	lte: (left, right) => binaryStringArithmetic(left, right, '__le', (l, r) => l <= r),
 	
 	gt(left, right) {
 		return !op.lte(left, right);
diff --git a/test/lua/lib-string.lua b/test/lua/lib-string.lua
index e99d94e..964ecd8 100644
--- a/test/lua/lib-string.lua
+++ b/test/lua/lib-string.lua
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ end
 
 
 
-
 -- gsub
 
 a = '<%?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF%-8"%?>'
@@ -514,6 +513,9 @@ assertTrue (d == ':X:X:X:X:X:', 'string.gsub() should replace the matched part o
 c = string.gsub (';a;', 'a*', 'ITEM')
 assertTrue (c == 'ITEM;ITEMITEM;ITEM', 'string.gsub() should replace the matched part of the string[2]')
 
+a = 'abc\\def'
+b = string.gsub(a, '\\', '\\\\')
+assertEqual (b, 'abc\\\\def', 'Allow backslashes in regexes')
     
 
 
diff --git a/test/lua/operators.lua b/test/lua/operators.lua
index 87d2fd5..3607c3c 100644
--- a/test/lua/operators.lua
+++ b/test/lua/operators.lua
@@ -233,4 +233,5 @@ for name, test in pairs(tests) do
 	
 end
 
+assertTrue('abc' < 'def', 'Strings should be comparable')