Index: cortav.lua
==================================================================
--- cortav.lua
+++ cortav.lua
@@ -1035,11 +1035,11 @@
 	if buf.str ~= '' then flush() end 
 	for _,v in pairs(row) do
 		v.spans = ct.parse_span(v.str, c)
 		c.doc.docjob:hook('meddle_span', v.spans, v)
 	end
-	if #c.sec.blocks > 1 and c.sec.blocks[#c.sec.blocks].kind == 'table' then
+	if next(c.sec.blocks) and c.sec.blocks[#c.sec.blocks].kind == 'table' then
 		local tbl = c.sec.blocks[#c.sec.blocks]
 		table.insert(tbl.rows, row)
 		j:hook('block_table_attach', c, tbl, row, l)
 		j:hook('block_table_row_insert', c, tbl, row, l)
 	else
@@ -1116,13 +1116,13 @@
 		return (l:match '\t+([^:]+):%s*(.*)$')
 	end; fn = blockwrap(function(l,c,j,d)
 		local ref, val = l:match '\t+([^:]+):%s*(.*)$'
 		local last = d[#d]
 		local rsrc
-		if last and last.kind == 'resource'
-		         or last.kind == 'embed'
-               or last.kind == 'macro' then
+		if last and (last.kind == 'resource'
+		         or  last.kind == 'embed'
+               or  last.kind == 'macro') then
 			last.props = last.props or {}
 			last.props[ref] = val
 			j:hook('set_prop', c, last, ref, val, l)
 			rsrc = last
 		elseif last and last.kind == 'reference' and last.rsrc then