diff --git a/packages/mdsvex/src/transformers/index.ts b/packages/mdsvex/src/transformers/index.ts
index a992fcca..f51fb617 100644
--- a/packages/mdsvex/src/transformers/index.ts
+++ b/packages/mdsvex/src/transformers/index.ts
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ export function transform_hast({
 				// @ts-ignore
 				_module[0].value = _module[0].value.replace(
 					RE_MODULE_SCRIPT,
-					`$1${newline}\t${fm}`
+					(match: string) => `${match}${newline}\t${fm}`
 				);
 			}
 
diff --git a/packages/mdsvex/test/_fixtures/hybrid/input/dollar-one-in-frontmatter.svx b/packages/mdsvex/test/_fixtures/hybrid/input/dollar-one-in-frontmatter.svx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61127b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mdsvex/test/_fixtures/hybrid/input/dollar-one-in-frontmatter.svx
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+price: '$10'
+---
+<script context="module">
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/mdsvex/test/_fixtures/hybrid/output/dollar-one-in-frontmatter.svelte b/packages/mdsvex/test/_fixtures/hybrid/output/dollar-one-in-frontmatter.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ff48efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mdsvex/test/_fixtures/hybrid/output/dollar-one-in-frontmatter.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<script context="module">
+export const metadata = {"price":"$10"};
+const { price } = metadata;
+</script>