diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30c77df..211d931 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^7.0.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.11",
     "ts-morph": "^2.3.0",
-    "typescript": "3.4.5",
+    "typescript": "~3.4.5",
     "yargs": "^13.2.4"
   },
   "nyc": {
diff --git a/src/emitter.ts b/src/emitter.ts
index 3411323..822d25a 100644
--- a/src/emitter.ts
+++ b/src/emitter.ts
@@ -659,7 +659,8 @@ export function emitFile(
     // SyntaxKind.TemplateMiddle
     // SyntaxKind.TemplateTail
     function emitLiteral(node: ts.LiteralLikeNode) {
-        const text = getLiteralTextOfNode(node, true);
+        let text = getLiteralTextOfNode(node, true);
+        text = text.replace(/(\\)?\$/g, '\\$');
         // Quick info expects all literals to be called with writeStringLiteral, as there's no specific type for numberLiterals
         writeStringLiteral(text);
     }
@@ -2338,6 +2339,9 @@ export function emitFile(
         if (ts.isLiteralExpression(node.name)) {
             emitLiteral(node.name);
         }
+        else if (ts.isIdentifier(node.name)) {
+            emit(node.name);
+        }
         else {
             emit(node.name);
         }
@@ -3244,7 +3248,6 @@ export function emitFile(
         //     return idText(node);
         // }
         if (isIdentifier(node)) {
-            const name = (<ts.Identifier>node).escapedText as string;
             let head = '';
             let tail = '';
 
@@ -3265,7 +3268,7 @@ export function emitFile(
             //     head = className + '::' + head;
             // }
 
-            return head + idText(<ts.Identifier>node) + tail;
+            return head + idText(<ts.Identifier>node).replace(/(\\)?\$/g, '\\$') + tail;
         }
 
         if (isImportSpecifier(node)) {
diff --git a/test/features/ObjectLiteralExpression.php b/test/features/ObjectLiteralExpression.php
index b4801da..d579e2a 100644
--- a/test/features/ObjectLiteralExpression.php
+++ b/test/features/ObjectLiteralExpression.php
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@
     "a-b" => $b
 );
 $c = array_key_exists("b", $a);
+$d = array(
+    "\$a" => "a",
+    "b" => "\$b"
+);
diff --git a/test/features/ObjectLiteralExpression.ts b/test/features/ObjectLiteralExpression.ts
index 5a7a49a..f5ee108 100644
--- a/test/features/ObjectLiteralExpression.ts
+++ b/test/features/ObjectLiteralExpression.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ const a = {
 };
 
 const c = 'b' in a;
+
+const d = {
+    $a: "a",
+    b: "$b"
+};