diff --git a/src/Arguments.cpp b/src/Arguments.cpp
index 5e8878163..b793021f3 100644
--- a/src/Arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/Arguments.cpp
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ Arguments Arguments::extract_write_filter ()
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-Arguments Arguments::extract_modifications ()
+Arguments Arguments::extract_modifications (bool include_seq/* = false*/)
 {
   Arguments modifications;
 
@@ -1566,9 +1566,11 @@ Arguments Arguments::extract_modifications ()
     }
 
     // Sequence excluded regardless of location.
-    else if (arg->_third == "id"   ||
+    else if (arg->_third == "id" ||
              arg->_third == "uuid")
     {
+      if (include_seq)
+        modifications.push_back (Triple (arg->_first, arg->_second, "word"));
     }
 
     else if (seen_command)
diff --git a/src/Arguments.h b/src/Arguments.h
index 5b6506b39..efc3fbc50 100644
--- a/src/Arguments.h
+++ b/src/Arguments.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
 
   Arguments extract_read_only_filter ();
   Arguments extract_write_filter ();
-  Arguments extract_modifications ();
+  Arguments extract_modifications (bool include_seq = false);
   Arguments extract_simple_words ();
 
   static bool valid_modifier (const std::string&);
diff --git a/src/DOM.cpp b/src/DOM.cpp
index 2b7145597..6d714553e 100644
--- a/src/DOM.cpp
+++ b/src/DOM.cpp
@@ -255,9 +255,9 @@ const std::string DOM::get (const std::string& name, const Task& task)
     }
   }
 
-  // [<task>] .<name>
-       if (name == ".id")              return format (task.id);
-  else if (name == ".urgency")         return format (task.urgency_c (), 4, 3);
+  // [<task>.]<name>
+       if (name == "id")               return format (task.id);
+  else if (name == "urgency")          return format (task.urgency_c (), 4, 3);
   else if (task.has (name.substr (1))) return task.get (name.substr (1));
 
   // Delegate to the context-free version of DOM::get.
diff --git a/src/Expression.cpp b/src/Expression.cpp
index 1d1822369..ac3e22371 100644
--- a/src/Expression.cpp
+++ b/src/Expression.cpp
@@ -638,15 +638,15 @@ void Expression::tokenize (
     else if (n.getNumber (d))
       tokens.push_back (Triple (format (d), "number", category));
 
-    else if (n.getInt (i))
-      tokens.push_back (Triple (format (i), "int", category));
-
     else if (n.getDateISO (t))
       tokens.push_back (Triple (Date (t).toISO (), "date", category));
 
     else if (n.getDate (date_format, t))
       tokens.push_back (Triple (Date (t).toString (date_format), "date", category));
 
+    else if (n.getInt (i))
+      tokens.push_back (Triple (format (i), "int", category));
+
     else if (n.getWord (s))
       tokens.push_back (Triple (s, "rvalue", category));
 
diff --git a/src/Nibbler.cpp b/src/Nibbler.cpp
index 7e799c674..c681cf254 100644
--- a/src/Nibbler.cpp
+++ b/src/Nibbler.cpp
@@ -933,18 +933,6 @@ bool Nibbler::getDOM (std::string& result)
     std::string right;
     int number;
 
-    if (skip ('.') &&
-        getWord (right))
-    {
-      while (skip ('.') &&
-             getWord (right))
-        ;
-
-      result = mInput.substr (i, mCursor - i);
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    restore ();
     if (getWord (left) &&
         skip ('.')     &&
         getWord (right))
@@ -982,6 +970,18 @@ bool Nibbler::getDOM (std::string& result)
       result = mInput.substr (i, mCursor - i);
       return true;
     }
+
+    restore ();
+    if (getWord (right))
+    {
+      while (skip ('.') &&
+             getWord (right))
+        ;
+
+      result = mInput.substr (i, mCursor - i);
+      return true;
+    }
+
   }
 
   return false;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdAdd.cpp b/src/commands/CmdAdd.cpp
index 396cdba76..68bca4b22 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdAdd.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdAdd.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int CmdAdd::execute (std::string& output)
   task.set ("uuid", uuid ());
 
   // Apply the command line modifications to the new task.
-  Arguments modifications = context.args.extract_modifications ();
+  Arguments modifications = context.args.extract_modifications (true);
   modify_task_description_replace (task, modifications);
   apply_defaults (task);
 
diff --git a/test/nibbler.t.cpp b/test/nibbler.t.cpp
index be02bf90d..6fbff61ad 100644
--- a/test/nibbler.t.cpp
+++ b/test/nibbler.t.cpp
@@ -414,9 +414,9 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
     t.diag ("Nibbler::getDOM");
 
     // positive.
-    n = Nibbler (".due  ");
-    t.ok (n.getDOM (s),        "'.due'             getDOM -> ok");
-    t.is (s, ".due",           "'.due'             getDOM -> '.due'");
+    n = Nibbler ("due  ");
+    t.ok (n.getDOM (s),        "'due'              getDOM -> ok");
+    t.is (s, "due",            "'due'              getDOM -> 'due'");
 
     n = Nibbler ("123.due  ");
     t.ok (n.getDOM (s),        "'123.due'          getDOM -> ok");