diff --git a/snippy b/snippy
index 9a3a943..ae7e4f1 100755
--- a/snippy
+++ b/snippy
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 # augmented by barbuk: https://github.com/BarbUk/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/snippy
 #  . restore current clipboard
 #  . {clipboard} placeholder to use current clipboard in snippet
-#  . {cursor}  placeholder to place the cursor
+#  . {cursor} placeholder to place the cursor
+#  . ##noparse header in snippet to not parse
 # augmented by "opennomad": https://gist.github.com/opennomad/15c4d624dce99066a82d
 # originally written by "mhwombat": https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=71938&p=2
 # Based on "snippy" by "sessy"
@@ -74,9 +75,9 @@ run(){
 
     if [ -f "${DIR}/${FILE}" ]; then
         # Put the contents of the selected file into the paste buffer.
-        # bang is a bash template, don't pass it to bashdown
-        if [[ ${FILE} == "bang" ]]; then
-            content="$(cat "${DIR}/${FILE}")"
+        # don't parse file with the ##noparse header
+        if grep -qE "^##noparse" "${FILE}"; then
+            content="$(tail -n +2 "${DIR}/${FILE}")"
         else
             content="$(bashdown < "${DIR}/${FILE}")"
         fi