diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -490,5 +490,5 @@
 [markdown]: http://daringfireball.com/markdown
 [pandoc]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/
 [vim]: http://www.vim.org/
-
+[GHC]: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
 
diff --git a/Yst/Yaml.hs b/Yst/Yaml.hs
--- a/Yst/Yaml.hs
+++ b/Yst/Yaml.hs
@@ -37,8 +37,15 @@
                         Nothing  -> NString (unpackBuf s)
                         Just d   -> NDate d
         EMap xs | all (\(k,_) -> isStrNode k) xs -> NMap pairs
-                     where pairs = map mkPair xs
-                           mkPair (k,v) = (strFrom k, yamlNodeToNode v)
+                     where pairs = foldr addPair [] xs
+                           addPair (k,v) acc = if isStrNode k && strFrom k == "<<"  -- hash merge, unsupported in Syck!
+                                                  then case n_elem v of             -- so we do it ourselves
+                                                            EMap ys -> foldr addPair acc ys
+                                                            _       -> error "Tried hash merge on non-hash"
+                                                  else case lookup kstr acc of
+                                                             Just _  -> acc   -- overridden
+                                                             Nothing -> (kstr, yamlNodeToNode v) : acc
+                                                          where kstr = strFrom k
         EMap _  -> error "Map keys must all be strings."
         ESeq xs -> NList $ map yamlNodeToNode xs
         ENil    -> NNil
diff --git a/yst.cabal b/yst.cabal
--- a/yst.cabal
+++ b/yst.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                yst
-version:             0.2
+version:             0.2.1
 Cabal-version:       >= 1.2
 build-type:          Simple
 synopsis:            Builds a static website from templates and data in YAML or