diff --git a/guidance/library/_capture.py b/guidance/library/_capture.py
index afeff6eed..1efac56c4 100644
--- a/guidance/library/_capture.py
+++ b/guidance/library/_capture.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from .._guidance import guidance
 from .._grammar import capture as grammar_capture, GrammarFunction
 
+# Adapted from active_role_end in _model.py, functionality should be shared probably?
+import re
+format_pattern = re.compile(r"<\|\|_.*?_\|\|>", flags=re.DOTALL)
 
 @guidance(stateless=lambda *args, **kwargs: isinstance(args[0], GrammarFunction))
 def capture(lm, value, name):
@@ -9,4 +12,11 @@ def capture(lm, value, name):
     else:
         start_len = len(lm)
         lm += value
-        return lm.set(name, str(lm)[start_len:])
+        # Adapted from active_role_end in _model.py
+        parts = ""
+        for _, role_end_str in lm.opened_blocks.values():
+            role_end_str = format_pattern.sub("", role_end_str)
+            if len(role_end_str) > 0 and not re.fullmatch(r"\s+", role_end_str):
+                parts += role_end_str
+        
+        return lm.set(name, str(lm)[start_len-len(parts):].removesuffix(parts))
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diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 94b697954..fc91a8a0f 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 
 AVAILABLE_MODELS = {
     "gpt2cpu": dict(name="transformers:gpt2", kwargs=dict()),
-    "phi2cpu": dict(
-        name="transformers:microsoft/phi-2", kwargs={"trust_remote_code": True}
-    ),
+    "phi2cpu": dict(name="transformers:microsoft/phi-2", kwargs={"trust_remote_code": True}),
     "azure_guidance": dict(
         name="azure_guidance:",
         kwargs={},
@@ -41,9 +39,7 @@
         name="huggingface_hubllama:TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-GGUF:llama-2-7b.Q5_K_M.gguf",
         kwargs={"verbose": True, "n_ctx": 4096},
     ),
-    "transformers_mistral_7b": dict(
-        name="transformers:mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1", kwargs=dict()
-    ),
+    "transformers_mistral_7b": dict(name="transformers:mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1", kwargs=dict()),
     "hfllama_mistral_7b": dict(
         name="huggingface_hubllama:TheBloke/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2-GGUF:mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2.Q8_0.gguf",
         kwargs={"verbose": True},
@@ -101,6 +97,19 @@ def selected_model(selected_model_info: str) -> models.Model:
     return model
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def model_with_role_tags(selected_model, selected_model_name):
+    if selected_model_name in [
+        "transformers_phi3cpu_mini_4k_instruct",
+        "transformers_llama3cpu_8b",
+        "hfllama_phi3cpu_mini_4k_instruct",
+        "hfllama_mistral_7b",
+    ]:
+        return selected_model
+    else:
+        pytest.skip("Requires a model that supports role tags!")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
 def rate_limiter() -> int:
     """Limit test execution rate
diff --git a/tests/model_integration/library/test_capture.py b/tests/model_integration/library/test_capture.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13a4ad5bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/model_integration/library/test_capture.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import guidance
+
+def test_capture_within_role(model_with_role_tags: guidance.models.Model):
+    lm = model_with_role_tags
+    test_text = "This is some text in a role."
+    with guidance.user():
+        lm += guidance.capture(test_text, "test")
+    assert lm["test"] == test_text
diff --git a/tests/unit/library/test_capture.py b/tests/unit/library/test_capture.py
index 0c0f70179..a6e659de6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/library/test_capture.py
+++ b/tests/unit/library/test_capture.py
@@ -25,11 +25,18 @@ def raw_fn(lm):
         elif lm["state"] == "2":
             lm += select(["5", "6"], name="state_2")
         return lm
-    
+
     lm_nocap = lm + "the beginning|" + raw_fn() + "|the end"
-    lm_cap_arg = lm + "the beginning|" + capture("<cap>" + raw_fn() + "</cap>" , "cap_arg") + "|the end"
-    lm_cap_kwarg = lm + "the beginning|" + capture("<cap>" + raw_fn() + "</cap>", name="cap_kwarg") + "|the end"
-    
+    lm_cap_arg = (
+        lm + "the beginning|" + capture("<cap>" + raw_fn() + "</cap>", "cap_arg") + "|the end"
+    )
+    lm_cap_kwarg = (
+        lm
+        + "the beginning|"
+        + capture("<cap>" + raw_fn() + "</cap>", name="cap_kwarg")
+        + "|the end"
+    )
+
     # Bunch of random tests
     assert "state_1" in lm_nocap or "state_2" in lm_nocap
     assert "cap_arg" in lm_cap_arg
@@ -42,4 +49,4 @@ def raw_fn(lm):
 
     assert str(lm_nocap).endswith("|the end")
     assert str(lm_cap_arg).endswith("|the end")
-    assert str(lm_cap_kwarg).endswith("|the end")
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+    assert str(lm_cap_kwarg).endswith("|the end")