diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/panel/list/ListPanel.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/panel/list/ListPanel.java
index fd5e14b4..dccee8f5 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/panel/list/ListPanel.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/panel/list/ListPanel.java
@@ -2,20 +2,25 @@
 package net.sourceforge.filebot.ui.panel.list;
 
 
+import static java.awt.Font.MONOSPACED;
+import static java.awt.Font.PLAIN;
 import static java.lang.Math.max;
 import static java.lang.Math.min;
 import static java.lang.Math.signum;
 
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
+import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import javax.script.Bindings;
+import javax.script.SimpleBindings;
 import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
 import javax.swing.JButton;
 import javax.swing.JComponent;
@@ -28,21 +33,21 @@ import javax.swing.SpinnerNumberModel;
 import javax.swing.JSpinner.NumberEditor;
 
 import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;
+import net.sourceforge.filebot.format.ExpressionFormat;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.SeriesNameMatcher;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.ui.FileBotList;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.ui.FileBotListExportHandler;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.ui.transfer.LoadAction;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.ui.transfer.SaveAction;
+import net.sourceforge.tuned.ExceptionUtilities;
 import net.sourceforge.tuned.ui.TunedUtilities;
 
 
 public class ListPanel extends JComponent {
 	
-	private static final String INDEX_VARIABLE = "<i>";
-	
 	private FileBotList<String> list = new FileBotList<String>();
 	
-	private JTextField textField = new JTextField(String.format("Name - %s", INDEX_VARIABLE), 25);
+	private JTextField textField = new JTextField("Name - {i}", 25);
 	private SpinnerNumberModel fromSpinnerModel = new SpinnerNumberModel(1, 0, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 1);
 	private SpinnerNumberModel toSpinnerModel = new SpinnerNumberModel(20, 0, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 1);
 	
@@ -51,6 +56,8 @@ public class ListPanel extends JComponent {
 		
 		list.setTitle("Title");
 		
+		textField.setFont(new Font(MONOSPACED, PLAIN, 11));
+		
 		list.setTransferablePolicy(new FileListTransferablePolicy(list));
 		list.setExportHandler(new FileBotListExportHandler(list));
 		
@@ -62,14 +69,14 @@ public class ListPanel extends JComponent {
 		fromSpinner.setEditor(new NumberEditor(fromSpinner, "#"));
 		toSpinner.setEditor(new NumberEditor(toSpinner, "#"));
 		
-		setLayout(new MigLayout("nogrid, fill, insets dialog", "align center", "[pref!][fill]"));
+		setLayout(new MigLayout("nogrid, fill, insets dialog", "align center", "[pref!, center][fill]"));
 		
 		add(new JLabel("Pattern:"), "gapbefore indent");
-		add(textField, "gap related, wmin 2cm");
+		add(textField, "gap related, wmin 2cm, sizegroupy editor");
 		add(new JLabel("From:"), "gap 5mm");
-		add(fromSpinner, "gap related, wmax 14mm, sizegroup spinner");
+		add(fromSpinner, "gap related, wmax 14mm, sizegroup spinner, sizegroupy editor");
 		add(new JLabel("To:"), "gap 5mm");
-		add(toSpinner, "gap related, wmax 14mm, sizegroup spinner");
+		add(toSpinner, "gap related, wmax 14mm, sizegroup spinner, sizegroupy editor");
 		add(new JButton(createAction), "gap 7mm, gapafter indent, wrap paragraph");
 		
 		add(list, "grow");
@@ -86,40 +93,52 @@ public class ListPanel extends JComponent {
 	
 	private AbstractAction createAction = new AbstractAction("Create") {
 		
-		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
 			
 			int from = fromSpinnerModel.getNumber().intValue();
 			int to = toSpinnerModel.getNumber().intValue();
 			
-			String pattern = textField.getText();
-			
-			if (!pattern.contains(INDEX_VARIABLE)) {
-				Logger.getLogger("ui").warning(String.format("Pattern must contain index variable %s.", INDEX_VARIABLE));
-				return;
+			try {
+				ExpressionFormat format = new ExpressionFormat(textField.getText());
+				
+				// pad episode numbers with zeros (e.g. %02d) so all numbers have the same number of digits
+				NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getIntegerInstance();
+				numberFormat.setMinimumIntegerDigits(max(2, Integer.toString(max(from, to)).length()));
+				numberFormat.setGroupingUsed(false);
+				
+				List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>();
+				
+				int min = min(from, to);
+				int max = max(from, to);
+				
+				for (int i = min; i <= max; i++) {
+					Bindings bindings = new SimpleBindings();
+					
+					// strings
+					bindings.put("i", numberFormat.format(i));
+					
+					// numbers
+					bindings.put("index", i);
+					bindings.put("min", min);
+					bindings.put("max", max);
+					
+					names.add(format.format(bindings, new StringBuffer()).toString());
+				}
+				
+				if (signum(to - from) < 0) {
+					Collections.reverse(names);
+				}
+				
+				// try to match title from the first five names
+				Collection<String> title = new SeriesNameMatcher().matchAll((names.size() < 5 ? names : names.subList(0, 4)).toArray(new String[0]));
+				
+				list.setTitle(title.isEmpty() ? "List" : title.iterator().next());
+				
+				list.getModel().clear();
+				list.getModel().addAll(names);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				Logger.getLogger("ui").log(Level.WARNING, ExceptionUtilities.getMessage(e), e);
 			}
-			
-			// pad episode numbers with zeros (e.g. %02d) so all episode numbers have the same number of digits
-			NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getIntegerInstance();
-			numberFormat.setMinimumIntegerDigits(max(2, Integer.toString(max(from, to)).length()));
-			numberFormat.setGroupingUsed(false);
-			
-			List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>();
-			
-			for (int i = min(from, to); i <= max(from, to); i++) {
-				names.add(pattern.replaceAll(Pattern.quote(INDEX_VARIABLE), numberFormat.format(i)));
-			}
-			
-			if (signum(to - from) < 0) {
-				Collections.reverse(names);
-			}
-			
-			// try to match title from the first five names
-			Collection<String> title = new SeriesNameMatcher().matchAll((names.size() < 5 ? names : names.subList(0, 4)).toArray(new String[0]));
-			
-			list.setTitle(title.isEmpty() ? "List" : title.iterator().next());
-			
-			list.getModel().clear();
-			list.getModel().addAll(names);
 		}
 	};