diff --git a/rc/fish.kak b/rc/fish.kak
index ac6dc3cc..adb72c12 100644
--- a/rc/fish.kak
+++ b/rc/fish.kak
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ hook global BufCreate .*[.](fish) %{
 addhl -group / multi_region -default code fish \
     double_string '"' (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"       '' \
     single_string "'" "'"                   '' \
-    comment       '#' $                     ''
+    comment       '#' '$'                   ''
 
 addhl -group /fish/double_string fill string
 addhl -group /fish/double_string regex (\$\w+)|(\{\$\w+\}) 0:identifier