diff --git a/packages/nuemark/src/parse-blocks.js b/packages/nuemark/src/parse-blocks.js
index da89fcc8..9aa1ef33 100644
--- a/packages/nuemark/src/parse-blocks.js
+++ b/packages/nuemark/src/parse-blocks.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ function processNestedBlocks(block, capture) {
     const body = block.body.join('\n')
 
     try {
-      if (body && name != '.' && isYAML(body.trim())) {
+      if (body && name && isYAML(body.trim())) {
         let data = parseYAML(body)
         if (Array.isArray(data)) data = { items: data }
         Object.assign(block.data, data)
diff --git a/packages/nuemark/src/render-tag.js b/packages/nuemark/src/render-tag.js
index 1be0ff93..eef01463 100644
--- a/packages/nuemark/src/render-tag.js
+++ b/packages/nuemark/src/render-tag.js
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ export function renderTag(tag, opts = {}) {
   if (!fn) return renderIsland(tag, opts.data)
 
   const data = { ...opts.data, ...extractData(tag.data, opts.data) }
-  const { blocks } = tag
 
   const api = {
     ...tag,
diff --git a/packages/nuemark/test/tag.test.js b/packages/nuemark/test/tag.test.js
index 6b58f803..69fddc2e 100644
--- a/packages/nuemark/test/tag.test.js
+++ b/packages/nuemark/test/tag.test.js
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ test('[list] wrapper', () => {
 
 
 // anonymous tag
+test('.list', () => {
+  const html = renderLines(['[.list]', '  - elem 1', '  - elem 2'])
+  expect(html).toBe('<div class="list"><ul><li><p>elem 1</p></li>\n<li><p>elem 2</p></li></ul></div>')
+})
+
 test('.note', () => {
   const html = renderLines(['[.note]', '  ## Note', '  Hello'])
   expect(html).toBe('<div class="note"><h2>Note</h2>\n<p>Hello</p></div>')