diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 242c4e14..22d44e02 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "capitalize"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "702cfe2f052c6542d55a9924efef63dd315c168cc4f315a824fb0f47da4e11c8"
+checksum = "6b5271031022835ee8c7582fe67403bd6cb3d962095787af7921027234bab5bf"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
@@ -299,9 +299,9 @@ checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heraclitus-compiler"
-version = "1.5.8"
+version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b30d37150dbf5477a91ad1a9546eab07c3f73225dbe61dd9a8bacd7074deb43"
+checksum = "3db5a87f8cf478caf29544c97ee49f35fcc88fd5f4fe80fe514ef8ca4f217111"
 dependencies = [
  "capitalize",
  "colored",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8a684d32..3d51449f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/Ph0enixKM/Amber"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-heraclitus-compiler = "1.5.8"
+heraclitus-compiler = "1.6.1"
 similar-string = "1.4.2"
 colored = "2.0.0"
 itertools = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/src/modules/expression/literal/mod.rs b/src/modules/expression/literal/mod.rs
index 95cca30a..974abeec 100644
--- a/src/modules/expression/literal/mod.rs
+++ b/src/modules/expression/literal/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ pub fn parse_interpolated_region(meta: &mut ParserMetadata, letter: char) -> Res
     let mut strings = vec![];
     let mut interps = vec![];
     // Handle full string
-    if let Ok(word) = token_by(meta, |word| word.starts_with(letter) && (word.ends_with(letter) && !word.ends_with(format!("\\{}", letter).as_str())) && word.len() > 1) {
+    if let Ok(word) = token_by(meta, |word| {
+        let is_escaped =
+            !word.ends_with(format!("\\\\{}", letter).as_str())
+            && word.ends_with(format!("\\{}", letter).as_str());
+        word.starts_with(letter) && word.ends_with(letter) && word.len() > 1 && !is_escaped
+    }) {
         let stripped = word.chars().take(word.chars().count() - 1).skip(1).collect::<String>();
         strings.push(stripped);
         Ok((strings, interps))
@@ -40,7 +45,10 @@ pub fn parse_interpolated_region(meta: &mut ParserMetadata, letter: char) -> Res
                 }
                 else {
                     strings.push(tok.word.clone());
-                    if tok.word.ends_with(letter) && !tok.word.ends_with(format!("\\{}", letter).as_str()) {
+                    let is_escaped =
+                        !tok.word.ends_with(format!("\\\\{}", letter).as_str())
+                        && tok.word.ends_with(format!("\\{}", letter).as_str());
+                    if tok.word.ends_with(letter) && !is_escaped {
                         meta.increment_index();
                         // Right trim the symbol
                         let trimmed = strings.last().unwrap()
@@ -72,16 +80,19 @@ fn translate_escaped_string(string: String, is_str: bool) -> String {
                     result.push('"');
                 }
             },
-            '`' => {
-                // Escape backticks if in a string
+            symbol @ ('$' | '`') => {
                 if is_str {
                     result.push('\\');
-                    result.push('`');
-                }
-                else {
-                    result.push('`');
                 }
+                result.push(symbol);
             },
+            '!' => {
+                if is_str {
+                    result += "\"'!'\"";
+                } else {
+                    result.push('!')
+                }
+            }
             '\\' => {
                 // Escape symbols
                 match chars.peek() {
@@ -126,6 +137,7 @@ fn translate_escaped_string(string: String, is_str: bool) -> String {
                         chars.next();
                     },
                     Some('\\') => {
+                        result.push('\\');
                         result.push('\\');
                         chars.next();
                     },
@@ -170,4 +182,4 @@ pub fn translate_interpolated_region(strings: Vec<String>, interps: Vec<String>,
         is_even = !is_even;
     }
     result.join("")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/std/main.ab b/src/std/main.ab
index 7c428f0f..77e72297 100644
--- a/src/std/main.ab
+++ b/src/std/main.ab
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pub fun input(prompt: Text): Text {
     unsafe $printf "\${nameof prompt}"$
     unsafe $read$
-    return "$REPLY"
+    return unsafe $echo \$REPLY$
 }
 
 pub fun replace_once(source, pattern, replacement) {