diff --git a/lib/lexer.js b/lib/lexer.js
index 762144b0..c5d2b467 100644
--- a/lib/lexer.js
+++ b/lib/lexer.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   ASSIGNMENT = /^(:|=)$/;
   // Interpolation matching regexes.
   INTERPOLATED_EXPRESSION = /(^|[\s\S]*?(?:[\\]|\\\\)?)(\${[\s\S]*?(?:[^\\]|\\\\)})/;
-  INTERPOLATED_IDENTIFIER = /(^|[\s\S]*?(?:[\\]|\\\\)?)(\$([a-zA-Z_]\w*))/;
+  INTERPOLATED_IDENTIFIER = /(^|[\s\S]*?(?:[\\]|\\\\)?)(\$([a-zA-Z_@]\w*))/;
   // Token cleaning regexes.
   JS_CLEANER = /(^`|`$)/g;
   MULTILINER = /\n/g;
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
     //     "Hello $name."
     //     "Hello ${name.capitalize()}."
     Lexer.prototype.interpolate_string = function interpolate_string(str) {
-      var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e, _f, _g, _h, _i, _j, _k, _l, _m, before, contents, each, expression, expression_match, group, i, identifier, identifier_match, lexer, nested, prev, quote, tok, tokens;
+      var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e, _f, _g, _h, _i, _j, _k, _l, _m, before, contents, each, expression, expression_match, group, i, id, identifier, identifier_match, lexer, nested, prev, quote, tok, tokens;
       if (str.length < 3 || str.substring(0, 1) !== '"') {
         return this.token('STRING', str);
       } else {
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
               if (before.length) {
                 tokens.push(['STRING', quote + before + quote]);
               }
-              nested = lexer.tokenize('(' + expression.substring(2, expression.length - 1) + ')', {
+              nested = lexer.tokenize(expression.substring(2, expression.length - 1), {
                 rewrite: false
               });
               nested.pop();
@@ -453,7 +453,11 @@
                 if (before.length) {
                   tokens.push(['STRING', quote + before + quote]);
                 }
-                tokens.push(['IDENTIFIER', identifier.substring(1)]);
+                id = identifier.substring(1);
+                if (id.substring(0, 1) === '@') {
+                  id = 'this.' + id.substring(1);
+                }
+                tokens.push(['IDENTIFIER', id]);
               }
               str = str.substring(group.length);
             } else {
diff --git a/src/lexer.coffee b/src/lexer.coffee
index 9ef5002a..c86da8cb 100644
--- a/src/lexer.coffee
+++ b/src/lexer.coffee
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ ASSIGNMENT : /^(:|=)$/
 
 # Interpolation matching regexes.
 INTERPOLATED_EXPRESSION: /(^|[\s\S]*?(?:[\\]|\\\\)?)(\${[\s\S]*?(?:[^\\]|\\\\)})/
-INTERPOLATED_IDENTIFIER: /(^|[\s\S]*?(?:[\\]|\\\\)?)(\$([a-zA-Z_]\w*))/
+INTERPOLATED_IDENTIFIER: /(^|[\s\S]*?(?:[\\]|\\\\)?)(\$([a-zA-Z_@]\w*))/
 
 # Token cleaning regexes.
 JS_CLEANER      : /(^`|`$)/g
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ exports.Lexer: class Lexer
             tokens.push ['STRING', quote + before.substring(0, before.length - 1) + expression + quote] if before.length
           else
             tokens.push ['STRING', quote + before + quote] if before.length
-            nested: lexer.tokenize '(' + expression.substring(2, expression.length - 1) + ')', {rewrite: no}
+            nested: lexer.tokenize expression.substring(2, expression.length - 1), {rewrite: no}
             nested.pop()
             tokens.push ['TOKENS', nested]
           str: str.substring(group.length)
@@ -379,7 +379,9 @@ exports.Lexer: class Lexer
               tokens.push ['STRING', quote + before.substring(0, before.length - 1) + identifier + quote] if before.length
             else
               tokens.push ['STRING', quote + before + quote] if before.length
-              tokens.push ['IDENTIFIER', identifier.substring(1)]
+              id: identifier.substring(1)
+              id: 'this.' + id.substring(1) if id.substring(0, 1) is '@'
+              tokens.push ['IDENTIFIER', id]
             str: str.substring(group.length)
           else
             tokens.push ['STRING', quote + str + quote]
diff --git a/test/test_string_interpolation.coffee b/test/test_string_interpolation.coffee
index 6d6687f5..87152447 100644
--- a/test/test_string_interpolation.coffee
+++ b/test/test_string_interpolation.coffee
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ ok "${hello + ' ' + world + '!'}" is 'Hello World!'
 list: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
 ok "values: ${list.join(', ')}, length: ${list.length}." is 'values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, length: 10.'
 ok "values: ${list.join ' '}" is 'values: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9'
+
+obj: {
+  name: 'Joe'
+  hi: -> "Hello $@name."
+}
+ok obj.hi() is "Hello Joe."