diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aa42a2c..ecfa624 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ build/%.o: build/%.c #src/%.h
 build/%.c: src/%.re.c
 	@echo "\033[0;34mhttps://re2c.org/ generate $@\033[0m"
 	@mkdir -p build
-	re2c -W --tags --conditions -o $@ $<
+	re2c -W -8 --tags --conditions -o $@ $<
 
 #doc/%.md: src/%.h
 #	# https://github.com/neil-edelman/cdoc documentation
diff --git a/src/scan.re.c b/src/scan.re.c
index fd29ef3..4c36f59 100644
--- a/src/scan.re.c
+++ b/src/scan.re.c
@@ -163,8 +163,10 @@ static int kjv_compare(const union line64 a, const union line64 b)
 #include "../src/tree.h"
 
 
-/*!conditions:re2c*/
-/*!flags:utf-8*/
+/*!conditions:re2c */
+/*!flags:utf-8 */
+/*!include:re2c "unicode_categories.re" */
+
 
 static int scan_day(struct scan *const scan, union date32 date,
 	const char *const buffer) {
@@ -219,7 +221,10 @@ static int scan_day(struct scan *const scan, union date32 date,
 	parlabel = (parchar glyph*) (ws+ glyph+)*;
 
 	//keyword = [A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_-]*;
-	keyword = [A-Za-z0-9_-é]+;
+	//keyword = [A-Za-z0-9_-é]+;
+	//keyword = [A-Za-z0-9_-]_;
+	// letter number dash connector
+	keyword = (L|N) (L|N|Pd|Pc)*;
 
 	uint = [0-9]+;
 	natural = [1-9][0-9]*;
@@ -235,7 +240,8 @@ static int scan_day(struct scan *const scan, union date32 date,
 	*/
 	for( ; ; ) {
 		/*!re2c /**/
-		<skip> [^\n\x00] { continue; } /* Default ignore. */
+		//<skip> [^\n\x00] { continue; } /* Default ignore. */
+		<skip> * { continue; }
 		<newline> * { fail = "newline expected"; goto catch; }
 		<skip> "\x00" { fail = "no newline at end of file"; goto catch; }
 		<line> "\x00" { return 1; } /* End of day. */