diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/DependenciesFile.fs b/src/Paket.Core/DependenciesFile.fs
index db24a748f8..9d488c7b96 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/DependenciesFile.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/DependenciesFile.fs
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ module DependenciesFileParser =
     let private (|Remote|Package|Blank|ReferencesMode|OmitContent|SourceFile|) (line:string) =
         match line.Trim() with
         | _ when String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace line -> Blank
-        | trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "source" -> Remote(PackageSource.Parse(trimmed))
-        | trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "nuget" -> 
-            let parts = trimmed.Replace("nuget","").Trim().Replace("\"", "").Split([|' '|],StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries) |> Seq.toList
+        | String.StartsWith "source" _ as trimmed -> Remote(PackageSource.Parse(trimmed))
+        | String.StartsWith "nuget" trimmed -> 
+            let parts = trimmed.Trim().Replace("\"", "").Split([|' '|],StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries) |> Seq.toList
 
             let isVersion(text:string) = 
                 match Int32.TryParse(text.[0].ToString()) with
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ module DependenciesFileParser =
             | name :: rest -> Package(name,">= 0 " + String.Join(" ",rest))
             | name :: [] -> Package(name,">= 0")
             | _ -> failwithf "could not retrieve nuget package from %s" trimmed
-        | trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "references" -> ReferencesMode(trimmed.Replace("references","").Trim() = "strict")
-        | trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "content" -> OmitContent(trimmed.Replace("content","").Trim() = "none")
-        | trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "gist" ->
+        | String.StartsWith "references" trimmed -> ReferencesMode(trimmed.Trim() = "strict")
+        | String.StartsWith "content" trimmed -> OmitContent(trimmed.Trim() = "none")
+        | String.StartsWith "gist" _ as trimmed ->
             SourceFile(``parse git source`` trimmed SingleSourceFileOrigin.GistLink "gist")
-        | trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "github" ->
+        | String.StartsWith "github" _ as trimmed  ->
             SourceFile(``parse git source`` trimmed SingleSourceFileOrigin.GitHubLink "github")
-        | trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "http" ->
+        | String.StartsWith "http" _ as trimmed  ->
             SourceFile(``parse http source`` trimmed)
         | _ -> Blank
     
diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/LockFile.fs b/src/Paket.Core/LockFile.fs
index 15bddf5243..0485f40e56 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/LockFile.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/LockFile.fs
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ module LockFileParser =
         | _, "NUGET" -> RepositoryType "NUGET"
         | _, "GITHUB" -> RepositoryType "GITHUB"
         | _, _ when String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace line -> Blank
-        | _, trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "remote:" -> Remote(trimmed.Substring(trimmed.IndexOf(": ") + 2).Split(' ').[0])
-        | _, trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "specs:" -> Blank
-        | _, trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "REFERENCES:" -> InstallOption(StrictCase,trimmed.Replace("REFERENCES:","").Trim() = "STRICT")
-        | _, trimmed when trimmed.StartsWith "CONTENT:" -> InstallOption(OmitContentCase,trimmed.Replace("CONTENT:","").Trim() = "NONE")
+        | _, String.StartsWith "remote:" trimmed -> Remote(trimmed.Trim().Split(' ').[0])
+        | _, String.StartsWith "specs:" _ -> Blank
+        | _, String.StartsWith "REFERENCES:" trimmed -> InstallOption(StrictCase,trimmed.Trim() = "STRICT")
+        | _, String.StartsWith "CONTENT:" trimmed -> InstallOption(OmitContentCase,trimmed.Trim() = "NONE")
         | _, trimmed when line.StartsWith "      " ->
             let parts = trimmed.Split '(' 
             NugetDependency (parts.[0].Trim(),parts.[1].Replace("(", "").Replace(")", "").Trim())
diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/Utils.fs b/src/Paket.Core/Utils.fs
index 7ddcbec63d..0eebfa656b 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/Utils.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/Utils.fs
@@ -170,3 +170,9 @@ let FindAllFiles(folder, pattern) = DirectoryInfo(folder).EnumerateFiles(pattern
 /// [omit]
 module Seq = 
     let firstOrDefault seq = Seq.tryFind (fun _ -> true) seq
+
+module String =
+    let (|StartsWith|_|) prefix (input: string) =
+        if input.StartsWith prefix then
+            Some (input.Substring(prefix.Length))
+        else None
diff --git a/tests/Paket.Tests/DependenciesFile/ParserSpecs.fs b/tests/Paket.Tests/DependenciesFile/ParserSpecs.fs
index e59930d693..ad4643aafc 100644
--- a/tests/Paket.Tests/DependenciesFile/ParserSpecs.fs
+++ b/tests/Paket.Tests/DependenciesFile/ParserSpecs.fs
@@ -390,4 +390,13 @@ nuget Nancy.Owin 0.22.2
 let ``should read config with local source``() = 
     let cfg = DependenciesFile.FromCode(configWithLocalSource)
 
-    cfg.DirectDependencies.["Nancy.Owin"].Range |> shouldEqual (VersionRange.Specific (SemVer.Parse "0.22.2"))
\ No newline at end of file
+    cfg.DirectDependencies.["Nancy.Owin"].Range |> shouldEqual (VersionRange.Specific (SemVer.Parse "0.22.2"))
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``should read config with package name containing nuget``() = 
+    let config = """
+    nuget nuget.Core 0.1
+    """
+    let cfg = DependenciesFile.FromCode(config)
+
+    cfg.DirectDependencies.["nuget.Core"].Range |> shouldEqual (VersionRange.Specific (SemVer.Parse "0.1"))