diff --git a/language-configuration.json b/language-configuration.json
index da57f72..5dec4d8 100644
--- a/language-configuration.json
+++ b/language-configuration.json
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 {
   "comments": {
     "lineComment": "//",
-    "blockComment": [
-      ["/*", "*/"],
-    ]
+    "blockComment": [["/*", "*/"]]
   },
   "brackets": [
-    ["{|", "|}"],
+    ["$(", ")"],
     ["{", "}"],
     ["[", "]"],
     ["(", ")"]
   ],
   "autoClosingPairs": [
     ["/*", "*/"],
-    ["{|", "|}"],
+    ["$(", ")"],
     ["{", "}"],
     ["[", "]"],
     ["(", ")"],
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@
   ],
   // symbols that can be used to surround a selection
   "surroundingPairs": [
+    ["$(", ")"],
     ["{", "}"],
     ["[", "]"],
     ["(", ")"],
diff --git a/syntaxes/pinc.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/pinc.tmLanguage.json
index 8c2a0b8..0a2995f 100644
--- a/syntaxes/pinc.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/pinc.tmLanguage.json
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "meta.template.expression",
-              "begin": "\\{\\|",
+              "begin": "\\$\\(",
               "beginCaptures": {
                 "0": {
                   "name": "punctuation.section.interpolation.begin"
                 }
               },
-              "end": "\\|\\}",
+              "end": "\\)",
               "endCaptures": {
                 "0": {
                   "name": "punctuation.section.interpolation.end"