diff --git a/lib/ace/tokenizer.js b/lib/ace/tokenizer.js
index 6d03388a..74234607 100644
--- a/lib/ace/tokenizer.js
+++ b/lib/ace/tokenizer.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ var Tokenizer = function(rules) {
                     }
                     
                     if (typeof rule.token == "function")
-                        type = rule.token(match[0]);
+                        type = rule.token.apply(this, value);
                     else
                         type = rule.token;