diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 77d6f4c..3c82e72 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 0.0.0
+=======
+0.9.9
+>>>>>>> wombleton/master
diff --git a/lib/holidays.rb b/lib/holidays.rb
index b818ed0..f4b72c7 100644
--- a/lib/holidays.rb
+++ b/lib/holidays.rb
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ private
     # Found sub region wild-card
     regions.delete_if do |reg|
       if reg.to_s =~ /_$/
+        prefix = reg.to_s.split('_').first
+        raise UnknownRegionError unless @@regions.include?(prefix.to_sym) or begin require "holidays/#{prefix}"; rescue LoadError; false; end
         regions << @@regions.select { |dr| dr.to_s =~ Regexp.new("^#{reg}") }
         true
       end
@@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ private
 
     require "holidays/north_america" if regions.include?(:us) # special case for north_america/US cross-linking
 
-    raise UnknownRegionError unless regions.all? { |r| r == :any or @@regions.include?(r) or begin require "holidays/#{r.to_s.split('_').first}"; rescue LoadError; false; end }
+    raise UnknownRegionError unless regions.all? { |r| r == :any or @@regions.include?(r) or begin require "holidays/#{r.to_s}"; rescue LoadError; false; end }
     regions
   end
 
diff --git a/test/test_multiple_regions.rb b/test/test_multiple_regions.rb
index 1815352..2201616 100644
--- a/test/test_multiple_regions.rb
+++ b/test/test_multiple_regions.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ class MultipleRegionsTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
     h = Holidays.on(Date.civil(2008,12,26), :ie)
     assert_equal 'St. Stephen\'s Day', h[0][:name]
 
+    h = Holidays.on(Date.civil(2008,5,9), :gb_)
+    assert_equal 'Liberation Day', (h[0] || {})[:name]
+
+
     h = Holidays.on(Date.civil(2008,5,9), :je)
     assert_equal 'Liberation Day', h[0][:name]
 
diff --git a/wombleton-holidays.gemspec b/wombleton-holidays.gemspec
index 1d0678a..ddd207e 100644
--- a/wombleton-holidays.gemspec
+++ b/wombleton-holidays.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{wombleton-holidays}
+<<<<<<< HEAD
   s.version = "0.9.7"
+=======
+  s.version = "0.9.9"
+>>>>>>> wombleton/master
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Alex Dunae", "Rowan Crawford"]
@@ -105,7 +109,12 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
      "test/test_date.rb",
      "test/test_helper.rb",
      "test/test_holidays.rb",
+<<<<<<< HEAD
      "test/test_multiple_regions.rb"
+=======
+     "test/test_multiple_regions.rb",
+     "wombleton-holidays.gemspec"
+>>>>>>> wombleton/master
   ]
   s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/wombleton/holidays}
   s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]