diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index c161fd381..50ec1deed 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ var AngularFullstackGenerator = yeoman.generators.Base.extend({
 
       // dynamic assertion statement
       this.does = this.is = function(foo) {
+        foo = this.engine(foo.replace(/\(;>%%<;\)/g, '<%')
+          .replace(/\(;>%<;\)/g, '%>'), this);
         if (this.filters.should) {
           return foo + '.should';
         } else {
diff --git a/script-base.js b/script-base.js
index d88cd988c..f24b61f85 100644
--- a/script-base.js
+++ b/script-base.js
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ var Generator = module.exports = function Generator() {
 
   // dynamic assertion statement
   this.does = this.is = function(foo) {
+    foo = this.engine(foo.replace(/\(;>%%<;\)/g, '<%')
+      .replace(/\(;>%<;\)/g, '%>'), this);
     if (this.filters.should) {
       return foo + '.should';
     } else {