diff --git a/duckdb_engine/__init__.py b/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
index 1f3b45e0b..e12a833ec 100644
--- a/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
+++ b/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def execute(
         try:
             if statement.lower() == "commit":  # this is largely for ipython-sql
                 self.__c.commit()
-            elif statement.lower() in ("register", "register(?, ?)"):
+            elif statement.lower() in ("register", "register($1, $2)"):
                 assert parameters and len(parameters) == 2, parameters
                 view_name, df = parameters
                 self.__c.register(view_name, df)