diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de2b4c5..58e5496 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ Example code blocks are rendered with a [Svelte component](./src/lib/Example.sve
       examples,
       {
         defaults: {
-          Wrapper: '/src/lib/Example.svelte'
+          Wrapper: '/src/lib/Example.svelte',
+
+          // or if the component is a named export
+          Wrapper: ['some-package', 'CustomExample'] // -> import { CustomExample } from 'some-package'
         }
       }
     ]
diff --git a/playwright.config.js b/playwright.config.js
index 679624d..2f2a8d1 100644
--- a/playwright.config.js
+++ b/playwright.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /** @type {import('@playwright/test').PlaywrightTestConfig} */
 const config = {
   testDir: './src/routes/tests',
+  timeout: 10000,
   webServer: {
     command: 'npm run build:site && npm run preview',
     port: 4173
diff --git a/src/lib/remark.js b/src/lib/remark.js
index a1a107e..ed3b9e2 100644
--- a/src/lib/remark.js
+++ b/src/lib/remark.js
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ const RE_SCRIPT_START =
 const RE_SCRIPT_BLOCK = /(<script[\s\S]*?>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/script>)/g
 const RE_STYLE_BLOCK = /(<style[\s\S]*?>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/style>)/g
 
+// parses key=value pairs from a string. supports strings, numbers, booleans, and arrays
+const RE_PARSE_META = /(\w+=\d+|\w+="[^"]*"|\w+=\[[^\]]*\]|\w+)/g
+
 export const EXAMPLE_MODULE_PREFIX = '___mdsvexample___'
 export const EXAMPLE_COMPONENT_PREFIX = 'Mdsvexample___'
 
@@ -66,7 +69,10 @@ export default function (options = {}) {
     // add imports for each generated example
     let scripts = ''
     examples.forEach((example, i) => {
-      const imp = `import Example from "${example.Wrapper}";\n`
+      const imp =
+        typeof example.Wrapper === 'string'
+          ? `import Example from "${example.Wrapper}";\n`
+          : `import { ${example.Wrapper[1]} as Example } from "${example.Wrapper[0]}";\n`
 
       if (!scripts.includes(imp)) {
         scripts += imp
@@ -101,12 +107,18 @@ export default function (options = {}) {
 
 function parseMeta(meta) {
   const result = {}
-  const meta_parts = meta.match(/(?:[^\s"]+|"[^"]*")+/g) ?? []
+  const meta_parts = meta.match(RE_PARSE_META) ?? []
 
   for (let i = 0; i < meta_parts.length; i++) {
     const [key, value = 'true'] = meta_parts[i].split('=')
 
-    result[key] = JSON.parse(value)
+    try {
+      result[key] = JSON.parse(value)
+    } catch (e) {
+      const error = new Error(`Unable to parse meta \`${key}=${value}\` - ${e.message}`)
+      error.stack = e.stack
+      throw error
+    }
   }
 
   return result
diff --git a/src/routes/tests/meta/array/+page.svx b/src/routes/tests/meta/array/+page.svx
index a1f41eb..35a091a 100644
--- a/src/routes/tests/meta/array/+page.svx
+++ b/src/routes/tests/meta/array/+page.svx
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-```svelte example custom=["hello/world"] Wrapper="../MetaWrapper.svelte"
+```svelte example space=["hello", "world"] nospace=["hello","world"] Wrapper="../MetaWrapper.svelte"
 
 ```
diff --git a/src/routes/tests/meta/meta.spec.mjs b/src/routes/tests/meta/meta.spec.mjs
index 2dd7e05..d45716d 100644
--- a/src/routes/tests/meta/meta.spec.mjs
+++ b/src/routes/tests/meta/meta.spec.mjs
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ test('wrapper and custom meta', async ({ page }) => {
 
 test('array meta', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto('/tests/meta/array')
+
   const meta = await getMeta(page)
 
-  expect(meta.custom).toEqual(['hello/world'])
+  expect(meta.space).toEqual(['hello', 'world'])
+  expect(meta.nospace).toEqual(['hello', 'world'])
 })
 
 test('filename meta', async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/src/routes/tests/meta/wrapper-named-export/+page.svx b/src/routes/tests/meta/wrapper-named-export/+page.svx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b9cbd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/tests/meta/wrapper-named-export/+page.svx
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```svelte example Wrapper=["../wrappers.js", "MetaWrapper"]
+
+```
diff --git a/src/routes/tests/meta/wrappers.js b/src/routes/tests/meta/wrappers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4a66ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/tests/meta/wrappers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import MetaWrapper from './MetaWrapper.svelte'
+
+export { MetaWrapper }