diff --git a/helpers.js b/helpers.js
index ef81893..ecb3127 100644
--- a/helpers.js
+++ b/helpers.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ exports.addHelper = (name, fun) => {
   this.helpers[name] = fun
 }
 
-this.addHelper('ellipsis', (e) => {
-  let words = arg1.split(' ').slice(0, 10).join(' ')
-  return `${words} ...`
+this.addHelper('ellipsis', (string, words = 10) => {
+  return `${string.split(' ').slice(0, words).join(' ')}...`
 })
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f8ecd76..7b73db8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ exports.compile = (template, input) => {
           template = template.replace(tag.tag, getValue(tag.tag.substring(2, tag.tag.length-2)))
         } else {
           const funct = split[0].substring(2)
-          const val = split[1].substring(0,split[1].length-2)
-          template = template.replace(tag.tag, this.helpers.helpers[funct](getValue(val)))
+          const val1 = split.length == 2 ? split[1].substring(0,split[1].length-2) : split[1]
+          const val2 = split.length == 3 ? split[2].substring(0,split[2].length-2) : null
+          template = val2 ? template.replace(tag.tag, this.helpers.helpers[funct](getValue(val1), val2)) :
+                        template.replace(tag.tag, this.helpers.helpers[funct](getValue(val1)))
         }
         break
       case 'HTML':