diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 63221edd..04231a78 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ language: generic
 
 env:
   matrix:
+    - EMACS=emacs23
     - EMACS=emacs24
     - EMACS=emacs-snapshot
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24470c25..6823f8b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,4 +76,9 @@ the packages for you (under `~/.emacs.d/elpa/`).
 The file `rust-mode-tests.el` contains tests that can be run via
 [ERT](http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ert/index.html).
 You can use `run_rust_emacs_tests.sh` to run them in batch mode, if
-Emacs is somewhere in your `$PATH`.
+you set the environment variable EMACS to a program that runs emacs.
+
+To test it under emacs 23, which does not ship with ERT, download ert.el from
+https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohler/ert/c619b56c5bc6a866e33787489545b87d79973205/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el
+and put it in a place where emacs can find it.  (ERT has shipped with emacs
+since emacs 24.)
diff --git a/rust-mode-tests.el b/rust-mode-tests.el
index a0e27b05..36e59dfb 100644
--- a/rust-mode-tests.el
+++ b/rust-mode-tests.el
@@ -289,7 +289,11 @@ very very very long string
     (rust-test-manip-code
      deindented
      1
-     (lambda () (indent-region 1 (buffer-size)))
+     (lambda ()
+       ;; The indentation will fial in some cases if the syntax properties are
+       ;; not set.  This only happens when font-lock fontifies the buffer.
+       (font-lock-fontify-buffer)
+       (indent-region 1 (buffer-size)))
      indented)))
 
 
@@ -1008,3 +1012,12 @@ fn main() {
 }
 "
    )))
+
+(ert-deftest indent-method-chains-after-comment ()
+  (let ((rust-indent-method-chain t)) (test-indent
+   "
+fn main() { // comment here should not push next line out
+    foo.bar()
+}
+"
+   )))
diff --git a/rust-mode.el b/rust-mode.el
index b2e0d5dc..43afd9ac 100644
--- a/rust-mode.el
+++ b/rust-mode.el
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     ;; be undone via tab.
     
     (when (looking-at (concat "\s*\." rust-re-ident))
-      (previous-line)
+      (previous-logical-line)
       (end-of-line)
 
       (let
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
           ;;
           ((skip-dot-identifier
             (lambda ()
-              (when (looking-back (concat "\." rust-re-ident))
+              (when (looking-back (concat "\\." rust-re-ident))
                 (backward-word 1)
                 (backward-char)
                 (- (current-column) rust-indent-offset)))))
@@ -311,6 +311,14 @@
              ("fn" . font-lock-function-name-face)
              ("static" . font-lock-constant-face)))))
 
+(defvar rust-mode-font-lock-syntactic-keywords
+  (mapcar (lambda (re) (list re '(1 "\"") '(2 "\"")))
+          '("\\('\\)[^']\\('\\)"
+            "\\('\\)\\\\['nrt]\\('\\)"
+            "\\('\\)\\\\x[[:xdigit:]]\\{2\\}\\('\\)"
+            "\\('\\)\\\\u[[:xdigit:]]\\{4\\}\\('\\)"
+            "\\('\\)\\\\U[[:xdigit:]]\\{8\\}\\('\\)")))
+
 (defun rust-fill-prefix-for-comment-start (line-start)
   "Determine what to use for `fill-prefix' based on what is at the beginning of a line."
   (let ((result
@@ -569,7 +577,7 @@ This is written mainly to be used as `end-of-defun-function' for Rust."
   (setq-local indent-line-function 'rust-mode-indent-line)
 
   ;; Fonts
-  (setq-local font-lock-defaults '(rust-mode-font-lock-keywords nil nil nil nil))
+  (setq-local font-lock-defaults '(rust-mode-font-lock-keywords nil nil nil nil (font-lock-syntactic-keywords . rust-mode-font-lock-syntactic-keywords)))
 
   ;; Misc
   (setq-local comment-start "// ")
@@ -591,33 +599,8 @@ This is written mainly to be used as `end-of-defun-function' for Rust."
   (setq-local beginning-of-defun-function 'rust-beginning-of-defun)
   (setq-local end-of-defun-function 'rust-end-of-defun)
   (setq-local parse-sexp-lookup-properties t)
-  (add-hook 'syntax-propertize-extend-region-functions 'rust-syntax-propertize-extend-region)
-  (add-hook 'post-self-insert-hook 'rust-match-angle-bracket-hook)
-  (setq-local syntax-propertize-function 'rust-syntax-propertize))
-
-(defun rust-syntax-propertize-extend-region (start end)
-  (save-excursion
-    (goto-char start)
-    (beginning-of-defun)
-    (cons
-     (point)
-     (progn
-       (goto-char end)
-       (end-of-defun)
-       (point)))))
-
-(defun rust-syntax-propertize (start end)
-  ;; Find character literals and make the syntax table recognize the single quote as the string delimiter
-  (dolist (char-lit-re
-           '("'[^']'"
-             "'\\\\['nrt]'"
-             "'\\\\x[[:xdigit:]]\\{2\\}'"
-             "'\\\\u[[:xdigit:]]\\{4\\}'"
-             "'\\\\U[[:xdigit:]]\\{8\\}'"))
-    (save-excursion
-      (goto-char start)
-      (while (re-search-forward char-lit-re end t)
-        (put-text-property (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) 'syntax-table rust-mode-character-literal-syntax-table)))))
+  (setq-local syntax-begin-function 'beginning-of-defun)
+  (add-hook 'post-self-insert-hook 'rust-match-angle-bracket-hook))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.rs\\'" . rust-mode))