diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 086142e..1b8ab2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ chunkname = "nil" -- The chunkname used when running code using the helper funct
 rewriteErrors = true -- True to enable error rewriting when loading code using the helper functions. Will wrap the whole code in a xpcall().
 ```
 
+You can change these values in the table `candran.default`.
+
 There are also a few function-specific options available, see the associated functions documentation for more information.
 
 ### Compiling the library
diff --git a/candran.can b/candran.can
index a681a10..c89a2db 100644
--- a/candran.can
+++ b/candran.can
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local candran = {
 }
 
 --- Default options.
-local default = {
+candran.default = {
 	target = "lua53",
 	indentation = "",
 	newline = "\n",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ local default = {
 -- @tparam options table arguments for the preprocessor. They will be inserted into the preprocessor environement.
 -- @treturn output string output code
 function candran.preprocess(input, options={})
-	options = util.merge(default, options)
+	options = util.merge(candran.default, options)
 
 	-- generate preprocessor code
 	local preprocessor = ""
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ end
 -- @tparam options table options for the compiler
 -- @treturn output string output code
 function candran.compile(input, options={})
-	options = util.merge(default, options)
+	options = util.merge(candran.default, options)
 
 	local ast, errmsg = parser.parse(input, options.chunkname)
 
@@ -165,17 +165,18 @@ function candran.load(chunk, chunkname, env, options={})
 	if options.rewriteErrors == false then
 		return f
 	else
-		return function()
+		return function(...)
+			local params = {...}
 			if not errorRewritingActive then
 				errorRewritingActive = true
-				local t = { xpcall(f, candran.messageHandler) }
+				local t = { xpcall(() return f(unpack(params)) end, candran.messageHandler) }
 				errorRewritingActive = false
 				if t[1] == false then
 					error(t[2], 0)
 				end
 				return unpack(t, 2)
 			else
-				return f()
+				return f(...)
 			end
 		end
 	end
diff --git a/candran.lua b/candran.lua
index ae693a4..815360b 100644
--- a/candran.lua
+++ b/candran.lua
@@ -2855,10 +2855,10 @@ end + P("--") * (P(1) - P("\
 ["ShortStr"] = P("\"") * Cs((V("EscSeq") + (P(1) - S("\"\
 "))) ^ 0) * expect(P("\""), "Quote") + P("'") * Cs((V("EscSeq") + (P(1) - S("'\
 "))) ^ 0) * expect(P("'"), "Quote"),
-["EscSeq"] = P("\\") / "" * (P("a") / "" + P("b") / "" + P("f") / "" + P("n") / "\
-" + P("r") / "\r" + P("t") / "	" + P("v") / "" + P("\
+["EscSeq"] = P("\\") / "" * (P("a") / "\7" + P("b") / "\8" + P("f") / "\12" + P("n") / "\
+" + P("r") / "\13" + P("t") / "\9" + P("v") / "\11" + P("\
 ") / "\
-" + P("\r") / "\
+" + P("\13") / "\
 " + P("\\") / "\\" + P("\"") / "\"" + P("'") / "'" + P("z") * space ^ 0 / "" + digit * digit ^ - 2 / tonumber / string["char"] + P("x") * expect(C(xdigit * xdigit), "HexEsc") * Cc(16) / tonumber / string["char"] + P("u") * expect("{", "OBraceUEsc") * expect(C(xdigit ^ 1), "DigitUEsc") * Cc(16) * expect("}", "CBraceUEsc") / tonumber / (utf8 and utf8["char"] or string["char"]) + throw("EscSeq")),
 ["LongStr"] = V("Open") * C((P(1) - V("CloseEq")) ^ 0) * expect(V("Close"), "CloseLStr") / function(s, eqs)
 return s
@@ -2907,7 +2907,7 @@ end
 local parser = _() or parser
 package["loaded"]["lib.lua-parser.parser"] = parser or true
 local candran = { ["VERSION"] = "0.6.0" }
-local default = {
+candran["default"] = {
 ["target"] = "lua53",
 ["indentation"] = "",
 ["newline"] = "\
@@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ local default = {
 }
 candran["preprocess"] = function(input, options)
 if options == nil then options = {} end
-options = util["merge"](default, options)
+options = util["merge"](candran["default"], options)
 local preprocessor = ""
 local i = 0
 for line in (input .. "\
@@ -2975,7 +2975,7 @@ env["write"](f:read("*a"))
 f:close()
 end
 env["write"] = function(...)
-env["output"] = env["output"] .. (table["concat"]({ ... }, "	") .. "\
+env["output"] = env["output"] .. (table["concat"]({ ... }, "\9") .. "\
 ")
 end
 env["placeholder"] = function(name)
@@ -2995,7 +2995,7 @@ return output
 end
 candran["compile"] = function(input, options)
 if options == nil then options = {} end
-options = util["merge"](default, options)
+options = util["merge"](candran["default"], options)
 local ast, errmsg = parser["parse"](input, options["chunkname"])
 if not ast then
 error("Compiler: error while parsing file: " .. errmsg)
@@ -3024,17 +3024,20 @@ local f = util["load"](codeCache[options["chunkname"]], options["chunkname"], en
 if options["rewriteErrors"] == false then
 return f
 else
-return function()
+return function(...)
+local params = { ... }
 if not errorRewritingActive then
 errorRewritingActive = true
-local t = { xpcall(f, candran["messageHandler"]) }
+local t = { xpcall(function()
+return f(unpack(params))
+end, candran["messageHandler"]) }
 errorRewritingActive = false
 if t[1] == false then
 error(t[2], 0)
 end
 return unpack(t, 2)
 else
-return f()
+return f(...)
 end
 end
 end
@@ -3085,7 +3088,7 @@ candran["searcher"] = function(modpath)
 local filepath = util["search"](modpath, { "can" })
 if not filepath then
 return "\
-	no candran file in package.path"
+\9no candran file in package.path"
 end
 return candran["loadfile"](filepath)
 end