diff --git a/core-lib/es5/pom.xml b/core-lib/es5/pom.xml
index 24a8b132..b1088297 100644
--- a/core-lib/es5/pom.xml
+++ b/core-lib/es5/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<artifactId>jsweet-core</artifactId>
 	<name>JSweet Core Lib</name>
 	<description>JavaScript API for JSweet</description>
-	<version>5-20170726</version>
+	<version>5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/core-lib/es5/src/main/java/jsweet/lang/Replace.java b/core-lib/es5/src/main/java/jsweet/lang/Replace.java
index cd4e4a96..bbdac0eb 100644
--- a/core-lib/es5/src/main/java/jsweet/lang/Replace.java
+++ b/core-lib/es5/src/main/java/jsweet/lang/Replace.java
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 
 /**
- * This annotation allows the programmer to substitute a method body
- * implementation by a TypeScript implementation.
+ * This annotation allows the programmer to substitute a method or constructor
+ * body implementation by a TypeScript implementation.
  * 
  * <p>
  * The annotation's value contains TypeScript which is generated as is by the
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @author Renaud Pawlak
  */
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR })
 @Documented
 public @interface Replace {
 
-    /**
-     * The code that will be generated by the transpiler in place of the
-     * annotated method body.
-     */
-    java.lang.String value();
+	/**
+	 * The code that will be generated by the transpiler in place of the
+	 * annotated method body.
+	 */
+	java.lang.String value();
 
 }
diff --git a/core-lib/es6/pom.xml b/core-lib/es6/pom.xml
index 9c68daad..2a7301b1 100644
--- a/core-lib/es6/pom.xml
+++ b/core-lib/es6/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<artifactId>jsweet-core</artifactId>
 	<name>JSweet Core Lib</name>
 	<description>JavaScript API for JSweet</description>
-	<version>6-20170726</version>
+	<version>6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<properties>
 		<jsweet.transpiler.version>2.0.0</jsweet.transpiler.version>
 	</properties>
diff --git a/core-lib/es6/src/main/java/jsweet/lang/Replace.java b/core-lib/es6/src/main/java/jsweet/lang/Replace.java
index abc8db14..97cff56f 100644
--- a/core-lib/es6/src/main/java/jsweet/lang/Replace.java
+++ b/core-lib/es6/src/main/java/jsweet/lang/Replace.java
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 
 /**
- * This annotation allows the programmer to substitute a method body
- * implementation by a TypeScript implementation.
+ * This annotation allows the programmer to substitute a method or constructor
+ * body implementation by a TypeScript implementation.
  * 
  * <p>
  * The annotation's value contains TypeScript which is generated as is by the
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @author Renaud Pawlak
  */
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR })
 @Documented
 public @interface Replace {
 
diff --git a/transpiler/pom.xml b/transpiler/pom.xml
index 17b0f621..26b2afe9 100644
--- a/transpiler/pom.xml
+++ b/transpiler/pom.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jsweet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jsweet-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5-20170726</version>
+			<version>5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/transpiler/src/test/java/org/jsweet/test/transpiler/StructuralTests.java b/transpiler/src/test/java/org/jsweet/test/transpiler/StructuralTests.java
index ccf9ba9f..5207ca2a 100644
--- a/transpiler/src/test/java/org/jsweet/test/transpiler/StructuralTests.java
+++ b/transpiler/src/test/java/org/jsweet/test/transpiler/StructuralTests.java
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ public class StructuralTests extends AbstractTest {
 			assertEquals(3, (int) r.get("test2"));
 			assertEquals(1, (int) r.get("test3"));
 			assertEquals(3, (int) r.get("test4"));
+			assertEquals(3, (int) r.get("test5"));
 		}, getSourceFile(ReplaceAnnotation.class));
 		createTranspiler(new JSweetFactory());
 	}
diff --git a/transpiler/src/test/java/source/structural/ReplaceAnnotation.java b/transpiler/src/test/java/source/structural/ReplaceAnnotation.java
index 64ddf050..45cc1f36 100644
--- a/transpiler/src/test/java/source/structural/ReplaceAnnotation.java
+++ b/transpiler/src/test/java/source/structural/ReplaceAnnotation.java
@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ public class ReplaceAnnotation {
 		$export("test2", new ReplaceAnnotation().m2());
 		$export("test3", new ReplaceAnnotation().m3());
 		$export("test4", new ReplaceAnnotation().m4());
+		$export("test5", new ReplaceAnnotation().m5());
 	}
 
 	int i = 1;
+	int j = 2;
 
+	@Replace("this.j = 3;")
+	public ReplaceAnnotation() {
+	}
+	
 	@Replace("return this.i + 1;")
 	public int m1() {
 		return i;
@@ -32,4 +38,9 @@ public class ReplaceAnnotation {
 		return i;
 	}
 	
+	public int m5() {
+		return j;
+	}
+	
+	
 }