diff --git a/src/boot/boot.janet b/src/boot/boot.janet
index de66320f..1bf336cb 100644
--- a/src/boot/boot.janet
+++ b/src/boot/boot.janet
@@ -420,10 +420,14 @@
 
 (defn- range-template
   [binding object kind rest op comparison]
-  (let [[start stop step] (check-indexed object)]
-    (case kind
-      :range (for-template binding (if stop start 0) (or stop start) (or step 1) comparison op [rest])
-      :down (for-template binding start (or stop 0) (or step 1) comparison op [rest]))))
+  (check-indexed object)
+  (def [a b c] object)
+  (def [start stop step]
+    (case (length object)
+      1 (case kind :range [0 a 1] :down [a 0 1])
+      2 [a b 1]
+      [a b c]))
+  (for-template binding start stop step comparison op [rest]))
 
 (defn- each-template
   [binding inx kind body]
diff --git a/test/suite-boot.janet b/test/suite-boot.janet
index 76049078..6394e725 100644
--- a/test/suite-boot.janet
+++ b/test/suite-boot.janet
@@ -241,6 +241,16 @@
   (assert (pos? (% x 4)) "generate in loop"))
 (assert (= gencount 75) "generate loop count")
 
+# more loop checks
+(assert (deep= (seq [i :range [0 10]] i) @[0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]) "seq 1")
+(assert (deep= (seq [i :range [0 10 2]] i) @[0 2 4 6 8]) "seq 2")
+(assert (deep= (seq [i :range [10]] i) @[0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]) "seq 3")
+(assert (deep= (seq [i :range-to [10]] i) @[0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]) "seq 4")
+(def gen (generate [x :range-to [0 nil 2]] x))
+(assert (deep= (take 5 gen) @[0 2 4 6 8]) "generate nil limit")
+(def gen (generate [x :range [0 nil 2]] x))
+(assert (deep= (take 5 gen) @[0 2 4 6 8]) "generate nil limit 2")
+
 # Even and odd
 # ff163a5ae
 (assert (odd? 9) "odd? 1")