diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f7341b..3b5f035 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ small enough you can learn it in minutes. It was born out of the following frust
 ## What Corn Is Not
 
 Corn is not a full programming language and does not try to be. 
-There are no dynamic variables, there is no interpolation and there are no statement blocks.
+There are no dynamic variables, there are no operations and there are no statement blocks.
 
 Likewise, Corn is not a data exchange format. 
 Unlike JSON or YAML or TOML, you cannot serialize code back into Corn. 
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ Evaluates to:
 }
 ```
 
+To use a literal dollar, you can escape with `\$`. For example, `\$subject`. 
+
 #### Merging
 
 Somtimes you want to re-use an object or array to compose a larger object/array. 
diff --git a/assets/inputs/string_interpolation.corn b/assets/inputs/string_interpolation.corn
index ce27125..465426e 100644
--- a/assets/inputs/string_interpolation.corn
+++ b/assets/inputs/string_interpolation.corn
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ let {
     $subject = "world"
 } in {
     foo = "$greeting, $subject"
+    bar = "\$escaped"
 }
diff --git a/assets/outputs/json/string_interpolation.json b/assets/outputs/json/string_interpolation.json
index e92af90..8b6aea8 100644
--- a/assets/outputs/json/string_interpolation.json
+++ b/assets/outputs/json/string_interpolation.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
+  "bar": "$escaped",
   "foo": "hello, world"
 }
diff --git a/assets/outputs/toml/string_interpolation.toml b/assets/outputs/toml/string_interpolation.toml
index dac015a..c0af6cf 100644
--- a/assets/outputs/toml/string_interpolation.toml
+++ b/assets/outputs/toml/string_interpolation.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+bar = "$escaped"
 foo = "hello, world"
 
diff --git a/assets/outputs/yaml/string_interpolation.yml b/assets/outputs/yaml/string_interpolation.yml
index be478b0..4be0318 100644
--- a/assets/outputs/yaml/string_interpolation.yml
+++ b/assets/outputs/yaml/string_interpolation.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+bar: $escaped
 foo: hello, world
 
diff --git a/libcorn/src/grammar.pest b/libcorn/src/grammar.pest
index 7a40ba4..af09b5d 100644
--- a/libcorn/src/grammar.pest
+++ b/libcorn/src/grammar.pest
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ string_val = ${ (input | char)* }
 
 char = {
   !("\"" | "\\") ~ ANY
-  | "\\" ~ ("\"" | "\\" | "n" | "r" | "t")
+  | "\\" ~ ("\"" | "\\" | "n" | "r" | "t" | "$")
   | "\\" ~ ("u" ~ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT{4})
 }
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ float = @{
   ~ (^"e" ~ ("+" | "-")? ~ ASCII_DIGIT+)?
 }
 
-input = ${ "$" ~ (ASCII_ALPHA | "_") ~ (ASCII_ALPHANUMERIC | "_")+ }
+input = ${ !"\\" ~ "$" ~ (ASCII_ALPHA | "_") ~ (ASCII_ALPHANUMERIC | "_")+ }
 
 assignment = { input ~ "=" ~ value }
 
diff --git a/libcorn/src/parser.rs b/libcorn/src/parser.rs
index 4158b5c..4cdc39c 100644
--- a/libcorn/src/parser.rs
+++ b/libcorn/src/parser.rs
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ impl<'a> CornParser<'a> {
                 'r' => '\r',
                 't' => '\t',
                 '"' => '\"',
+                '$' => '$',
                 '\\' => '\\',
                 _ => unreachable!(),
             };