diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d5909a3..1d1e388 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 trunk:
+  - Conditional Inserts can now be nested
   - Added support for b option. This only considers a snippet at the beginning
 	 of a line ( *UltiSnips-adding-snippets* )
   - Added support for ! option. This overwrites previously defined snippets
diff --git a/doc/UltiSnips.txt b/doc/UltiSnips.txt
index a5bf004..39b228f 100644
--- a/doc/UltiSnips.txt
+++ b/doc/UltiSnips.txt
@@ -240,10 +240,13 @@ can be used: >
    fn   - The current filename
    path - The complete path to the current file
    t    - The values of the placeholders, t[1] -> current text of ${1} and so on
+   cur  - The current text of the placeholder. You can check if this is != ""
+          to make sure that the interpolation is only done once
 
-Also, the re and os modules are already imported inside the snippet code. This
-allows for very flexible snippets. For example, the following snippet mirrors
-the first Tab Stops value on the same line in uppercase and right aligned:
+Also, the vim, re, os, string and random modules are already imported inside
+the snippet code. This allows for very flexible snippets. For example, the
+following snippet mirrors the first Tab Stops value on the same line in
+uppercase and right aligned:
 
 ------------------- SNIP -------------------
 snippet wow
diff --git a/plugin/UltiSnips/TextObjects.py b/plugin/UltiSnips/TextObjects.py
index 78050d8..7865ffc 100644
--- a/plugin/UltiSnips/TextObjects.py
+++ b/plugin/UltiSnips/TextObjects.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class _CleverReplace(object):
     _DOLLAR = re.compile(r"\$(\d+)", re.DOTALL)
     _SIMPLE_CASEFOLDINGS = re.compile(r"\\([ul].)", re.DOTALL)
     _LONG_CASEFOLDINGS = re.compile(r"\\([UL].*?)\\E", re.DOTALL)
-    _CONDITIONAL = re.compile(r"\(\?(\d+):(.*?)(?<!\\)\)", re.DOTALL)
+    _CONDITIONAL = re.compile(r"\(\?(\d+):", re.DOTALL)
 
     _UNESCAPE = re.compile(r'\\[^ntrab]')
 
@@ -41,6 +41,56 @@ class _CleverReplace(object):
         else:
             return m.group(1)[1:].lower()
 
+    def _replace_conditional(self, match, v):
+        def _find_closingbrace(v,start_pos):
+            bracks_open = 1
+            for idx, c in enumerate(v[start_pos:]):
+                if c == '(':
+                    if v[idx+start_pos-1] != '\\':
+                        bracks_open += 1
+                elif c == ')':
+                    if v[idx+start_pos-1] != '\\':
+                        bracks_open -= 1
+                    if not bracks_open:
+                        return start_pos+idx+1
+        m = self._CONDITIONAL.search(v)
+
+        def _part_conditional(v):
+            bracks_open = 0
+            args = []
+            carg = ""
+            for idx, c in enumerate(v):
+                if c == '(':
+                    if v[idx-1] != '\\':
+                        bracks_open += 1
+                elif c == ')':
+                    if v[idx-1] != '\\':
+                        bracks_open -= 1
+                elif c == ':' and not bracks_open:
+                    args.append(carg)
+                    carg = ""
+                    continue
+                carg += c
+            args.append(carg)
+            return args
+
+        while m:
+            start = m.start()
+            end = _find_closingbrace(v,start+4)
+
+            args = _part_conditional(v[start+4:end-1])
+
+            rv = ""
+            if match.group(int(m.group(1))):
+                rv = self._unescape(self._replace_conditional(match,args[0]))
+            elif len(args) > 1:
+                rv = self._unescape(self._replace_conditional(match,args[1]))
+
+            v = v[:start] + rv + v[end:]
+
+            m = self._CONDITIONAL.search(v)
+        return v
+
     def _unescape(self, v):
         return self._UNESCAPE.subn(lambda m: m.group(0)[-1], v)[0]
     def replace(self, match):
@@ -53,18 +103,11 @@ class _CleverReplace(object):
 
         def _conditional(m):
             args = m.group(2).split(':')
-            # TODO: the returned string should be checked for conditionals
-            if match.group(int(m.group(1))):
-                return self._unescape(args[0])
-            elif len(args) > 1:
-                return self._unescape(args[1])
-            else:
-                return ""
 
         # Replace CaseFoldings
         tv = self._SIMPLE_CASEFOLDINGS.subn(self._scase_folding, tv)[0]
         tv = self._LONG_CASEFOLDINGS.subn(self._lcase_folding, tv)[0]
-        tv = self._CONDITIONAL.subn(_conditional, tv)[0]
+        tv = self._replace_conditional(match, tv)
 
         rv = tv.decode("string-escape")
 
@@ -624,7 +667,7 @@ class PythonCode(TextObject):
         code = code.replace("\\`", "`")
 
         # Add Some convenience to the code
-        self._code = "import re, os, vim\n" + code.strip()
+        self._code = "import re, os, vim, string, random\n" + code.strip()
 
         TextObject.__init__(self, parent, start, end, "")
 
@@ -634,10 +677,13 @@ class PythonCode(TextObject):
             path = ""
         fn = os.path.basename(path)
 
+        ct = self.current_text
         d = {
             't': _Tabs(self),
             'fn': fn,
             'path': path,
+            'cur': ct,
+            'res': ct,
         }
 
         exec self._code in d
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 75e990c..fde3d48 100755
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -838,6 +838,13 @@ class Transformation_ConditionalInsertRWEllipsis_ECR(_VimTest):
     snippets = ("test", r"$1 ${1/(\w+(?:\W+\w+){,7})\W*(.+)?/$1(?2:...)/}")
     keys = "test" + EX + "a b  c d e f ghhh h oha"
     wanted = "a b  c d e f ghhh h oha a b  c d e f ghhh h..."
+class Transformation_ConditionalInConditional_ECR(_VimTest):
+    # TODO: here lingers a bug
+    snippets = ("test", r"$1 ${1/^.*?(-)?(>)?$/(?2::(?1:>:.))/}")
+    keys = "test" + EX + "hallo" + ESC + "$a\n" + \
+           "test" + EX + "hallo-" + ESC + "$a\n" + \
+           "test" + EX + "hallo->"
+    wanted = "hallo .\nhallo- >\nhallo-> "
 
 class Transformation_CINewlines_ECR(_VimTest):
     snippets = ("test", r"$1 ${1/, */\n/}")