--- a/crates/nixlike/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nixlike/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 		/ "\\n" { "\n" }
 		/ "\\t" { "\t" }
 		/ "\\r" { "\r" }
-		/ "''$" { "$" }
+		/ "\\$" { "$" }
 		/ c:$([_]) { c }
 	rule string() -> String
 		= quiet! { "\"" v:(!"\"" c:string_char() {c})* "\"" { v.into_iter().collect() } } / expected!("<string>")
--- a/crates/nixlike/src/to_string.rs
+++ b/crates/nixlike/src/to_string.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 				.replace('\n', "\\n")
 				.replace('\t', "\\t")
 				.replace('\r', "\\r")
-				.replace("$", "''$")
+				.replace("$", "\\$")
 		)),
 		Value::Array(a) => {
 			if a.is_empty() {