diff --git a/CiLexer.cs b/CiLexer.cs
index 9bf1021d..b58e4618 100644
--- a/CiLexer.cs
+++ b/CiLexer.cs
@@ -570,9 +570,10 @@ CiToken ReadPreToken()
 			case '"':
 				return ReadString(false);
 			case '$':
-				if (ReadChar() != '"')
-					throw ParseException("Expected interpolated string");
-				return ReadString(true);
+				if (EatChar('"'))
+					return ReadString(true);
+				ReportError("Expected interpolated string");
+				continue;
 			case '0':
 				switch (PeekChar()) {
 				case 'B':
diff --git a/test/error/LexInvalidDollar.ci b/test/error/LexInvalidDollar.ci
index 7aecea52..be6061e3 100644
--- a/test/error/LexInvalidDollar.ci
+++ b/test/error/LexInvalidDollar.ci
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-$foo //ERROR: Expected interpolated string
+$public static class Test //ERROR: Expected interpolated string
+{
+	public static bool Run()
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+}