diff --git a/js/angular-tablesort.js b/js/angular-tablesort.js
index e260aea..c56d803 100644
--- a/js/angular-tablesort.js
+++ b/js/angular-tablesort.js
@@ -516,10 +516,10 @@ tableSortModule.directive( 'tsRepeat', ['$compile', '$interpolate', function($co
 
             var tsExpr = 'tablesortOrderBy:sortFun | tablesortLimit:filterLimitFun | tablesortLimit:pageLimitFun';
             var repeatExpr = element.attr(ngRepeatDirective);
-            var repeatExprRegex = /^\s*([\s\S]+?)\s+in\s+([\s\S]+?)(\s+track\s+by\s+[\s\S]+?)?\s*$/;
+            repeatExpr = repeatExpr.replace('::', '');
+            var repeatExprRegex = /^\s*([\s\S]+?)\s+in\s+([\S]+?)\s+([\s\S]+?)(\s+track\s+by\s+[\s\S]+?)?\s*$/;
             var trackByMatch = repeatExpr.match(/\s+track\s+by\s+(\$index|\S+?\.(\S+))/);
-            var repeatInMatch = repeatExpr.match(repeatExprRegex);
-            if (trackByMatch) {                
+            if (trackByMatch) {
                 tsWrapperCtrl.setTrackBy(trackByMatch[2] || trackByMatch[1]);
             }
 
@@ -534,6 +534,8 @@ tableSortModule.directive( 'tsRepeat', ['$compile', '$interpolate', function($co
                 repeatExpr = repeatExpr.replace(repeatExprRegex, '$1 in $2 | ' + tsExpr + '$3');
             }
 
+            var repeatInMatch = repeatExpr.match(repeatExprRegex);
+
             if (angular.isUndefined(attrs.tsHideNoData)) {
                 var startSym = $interpolate.startSymbol();
                 var endSym = $interpolate.endSymbol();