Index: JRSTLexer.java
===================================================================
--- JRSTLexer.java	(revision 547)
+++ JRSTLexer.java	(working copy)
@@ -969,6 +969,7 @@
                             result.addAttribute(ATTRIBUTION, blockQuote);
                         }
                         result.setText(savedLine + txt);
+                        log.info(result == null ? "result : null" : "result [" + result.asXML());
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1106,7 +1107,7 @@
                 directive.addAttribute(DIRECTIVE_TYPE, directiveType);
                 directive.addAttribute(DIRECTIVE_VALUE, directiveValue);
 
-                String[] lines = readBlock(2);
+                String[] lines = readBlock(1);
                 String text = joinBlock(lines, "\n", false);
 
                 directive.setText(text);
@@ -1157,7 +1158,7 @@
         beginPeek();
 
         Element result = null;
-        // in.skipBlankLines();
+        //in.skipBlankLines();
 
         String[] lines;
         do {
Index: directive/ImageDirective.java
===================================================================
--- directive/ImageDirective.java	(revision 545)
+++ directive/ImageDirective.java	(working copy)
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
  * by : $Author$
  */
 public class ImageDirective implements JRSTDirective {
+	
+	private static String SCALE = "scale";
+	private static String WIDTH = "width";
+	private static String HEIGHT = "height";
 
     /*
      * (non-Javadoc)
@@ -73,8 +77,17 @@
             if (matcher.matches()) {
                 String name = matcher.group(1);
                 String value = matcher.group(2);
+                if (SCALE.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
+                	if (! result.asXML().matches(".*" + WIDTH + "=\".*\".*")) {
+                		result.addAttribute(WIDTH, value + (value.matches(".*%") ? "" : "%"));
+                	}
+                	if (! result.asXML().matches(".*" + HEIGHT + "=\".*\".*")) {
+                		result.addAttribute(HEIGHT, value + (value.matches(".*%") ? "" : "%"));
+                	}
+                }
                 result.addAttribute(name, value);
             }
+            System.out.println("result [" + result.asXML() + "]");
         }
         return result;
     }