diff --git a/src/normal.cc b/src/normal.cc
index f9b1184f..89659c4a 100644
--- a/src/normal.cc
+++ b/src/normal.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "normal.hh"
 
+#include <functional>
+
 #include "buffer.hh"
 #include "buffer_manager.hh"
 #include "buffer_utils.hh"
@@ -1774,11 +1776,17 @@ SelectionList read_selections_from_register(char reg, Context& context)
     if (content.size() < 2)
         throw runtime_error(format("register '{}' does not contain a selections desc", reg));
 
+    // Use the last two values for timestamp and main_index to allow the buffer
+    // name to have @ symbols
     struct error : runtime_error { error(size_t) : runtime_error{"expected <buffer>@<timestamp>@main_index"} {} };
-    const auto desc = content[0] | split<StringView>('@') | static_gather<error, 3>();
-    Buffer& buffer = BufferManager::instance().get_buffer(desc[0]);
-    const size_t timestamp = str_to_int(desc[1]);
-    size_t main = str_to_int(desc[2]);
+    auto end_content = content[0] | reverse() | split('@') | transform([] (auto bounds) {
+        return StringView{bounds.second.base(), bounds.first.base()};
+    }) | static_gather<error, 2, false>();
+
+    const size_t main = str_to_int(end_content[0]);
+    const size_t timestamp = str_to_int(end_content[1]);
+    const auto buffer_name = StringView{ content[0].begin (), end_content[1].begin () - 1 };
+    Buffer& buffer = BufferManager::instance().get_buffer(buffer_name);
 
     return selection_list_from_strings(buffer, ColumnType::Byte, content | skip(1), timestamp, main);
 }
diff --git a/src/ranges.hh b/src/ranges.hh
index 4cd85a25..02757283 100644
--- a/src/ranges.hh
+++ b/src/ranges.hh
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ struct ReverseView
 {
     decltype(auto) begin() { return m_range.rbegin(); }
     decltype(auto) end()   { return m_range.rend(); }
+    decltype(auto) rbegin() { return m_range.begin(); }
+    decltype(auto) rend()   { return m_range.end(); }
+    decltype(auto) begin() const { return m_range.rbegin(); }
+    decltype(auto) end() const  { return m_range.rend(); }
+    decltype(auto) rbegin() const { return m_range.begin(); }
+    decltype(auto) rend() const  { return m_range.end(); }
 
     Range m_range;
 };
@@ -73,6 +79,24 @@ inline auto skip(size_t count)
     });
 }
 
+template<typename Range>
+struct DropView
+{
+    auto begin() const { return std::begin(m_range); }
+    auto end()   const { return std::end(m_range) - m_drop_count; }
+
+    Range m_range;
+    size_t m_drop_count;
+};
+
+inline auto drop(size_t count)
+{
+    return make_view_factory([count](auto&& range) {
+        using Range = decltype(range);
+        return DropView<decay_range<Range>>{std::forward<Range>(range), count};
+    });
+}
+
 template<typename Range, typename Filter>
 struct FilterView
 {
@@ -477,15 +501,15 @@ auto elements(bool exact_size = false)
 }
 
 template<typename ExceptionType, size_t... Indexes>
-auto static_gather_impl(std::index_sequence<Indexes...>)
+auto static_gather_impl(std::index_sequence<Indexes...>, bool exact_size)
 {
-    return elements<ExceptionType, Indexes...>(true);
+    return elements<ExceptionType, Indexes...>(exact_size);
 }
 
-template<typename ExceptionType, size_t size>
+template<typename ExceptionType, size_t size, bool exact_size=true>
 auto static_gather()
 {
-    return static_gather_impl<ExceptionType>(std::make_index_sequence<size>());
+    return static_gather_impl<ExceptionType>(std::make_index_sequence<size>(), exact_size);
 }
 
 }