diff --git a/javascript.nanorc b/javascript.nanorc
index 4b6a46e..9a23f1e 100644
--- a/javascript.nanorc
+++ b/javascript.nanorc
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ color magenta   "\\[0-7][0-7]?[0-7]?|\\x[0-9a-fA-F]+|\\[bfnrt'"\?\\]"
 color brightblack "(^|[[:space:]])//.*"
 color brightblack "/\*.+\*/"
 color brightwhite,cyan "TODO:?"
-color yellow ""(\\.|[^"])*"|'(\\.|[^'])*'"
+color yellow ""(\\.|[^"])*"|'(\\.|[^'])*'|(`|\})(\\.|[^`$]|$[^{])*(\$\{|`)"
 color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"
 color ,red "	+ +| +	+"