diff --git a/src/scss.ts b/src/scss.ts
index 59bed50c..931aa8d2 100644
--- a/src/scss.ts
+++ b/src/scss.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import LanguageConfiguration = monaco.languages.LanguageConfiguration;
 import IMonarchLanguage = monaco.languages.IMonarchLanguage;
 
 export var conf: LanguageConfiguration = {
-    wordPattern: /(#?-?\d*\.\d\w*%?)|([@#!.:]?[\w-?]+%?)|[@#!.]/g,
+    wordPattern: /(#?-?\d*\.\d\w*%?)|([@$#!.:]?[\w-?]+%?)|[@#!.]/g,
     comments: {
         blockComment: ['/*', '*/'],
         lineComment: '//'