diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 81481dc19..52afb3566 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
  + Fixed bug #808, which generated compiler warnings on Solarix (thanks to
    Owen Clarke).
  + Fixed bug #831, which prevented some date fields from being properly parsed.
+ + Fixed bug #835, which prevented hierarchical projects from being recognized.
 
 # Untracked Bugs, biggest first.
  + Fixed bug that required the '%YAML' prologue in a YAML import.
diff --git a/src/A3.cpp b/src/A3.cpp
index b0801479f..143a3c5f8 100644
--- a/src/A3.cpp
+++ b/src/A3.cpp
@@ -1254,11 +1254,10 @@ bool A3::is_attr (Nibbler& n, Arg& arg)
     {
       // Both quoted and unquoted Att's are accepted.
       // Consider removing this for a stricter parse.
-      if (n.getQuoted   ('"', value)  ||
-          n.getQuoted   ('\'', value) ||
-          n.getName     (value)       ||
-          n.getUntilWS  (value)       ||
-          n.getUntilEOS (value)       ||
+      if (n.getQuoted   ('"', value)       ||
+          n.getQuoted   ('\'', value)      ||
+          n.getUntilOneOf (" \t)(", value) ||
+          n.getUntilEOS (value)            ||
           n.depleted ())
       {
 /*
diff --git a/src/commands/Command.cpp b/src/commands/Command.cpp
index 91d37e8dd..2625bc45d 100644
--- a/src/commands/Command.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/Command.cpp
@@ -431,7 +431,6 @@ void Command::modify_task (
         // Get the column info.
         Column* column = context.columns[name];
 
-
         if (value == "")
         {
           task.remove (name);
diff --git a/test/bug.835.t b/test/bug.835.t
index 7054cd74b..ae4e9adf6 100755
--- a/test/bug.835.t
+++ b/test/bug.835.t
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 3;
+use Test::More tests => 5;
 
 # Create the rc file.
 if (open my $fh, '>', 'bug.rc')
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc add pro:main.subproject Test};
 my $output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc ls};
 like ($output, qr/main\.subproject/, "hierarchical project ok");
 
+qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc \\(pro:main.subproject\\) ls};
+like ($output, qr/main\.subproject/, "Parens tolerated");
+unlike ($output, qr/Mismatched parentheses in expression/, "No 'mismatch' error generated");
+
 # Cleanup.
 unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key bug.rc);
 ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&