diff --git a/src/ctags.cpp b/src/ctags.cpp
index ba5367c..85eee71 100644
--- a/src/ctags.cpp
+++ b/src/ctags.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Ctags::Location Ctags::get_location(const std::string &line_, bool add_markup, b
   location.symbol = line.substr(0, symbol_end);
   if(9 < location.symbol.size() && location.symbol[8] == ' ' && starts_with(location.symbol, "operator")) {
     auto &chr = location.symbol[9];
-    if(!((chr >= 'A' && chr <= 'Z') || (chr >= 'a' && chr <= 'z') || (chr >= '0' && chr <= '9') || chr == '_' || static_cast<unsigned char>(chr) >= 128))
+    if(!((chr >= 'A' && chr <= 'Z') || (chr >= 'a' && chr <= 'z') || (chr >= '0' && chr <= '9') || chr == '_' || chr == '$' || static_cast<unsigned char>(chr) >= 128))
       location.symbol.erase(8, 1);
   }
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> Ctags::get_type_parts(const std::string &type) {
   size_t text_start = std::string::npos;
   for(size_t c = 0; c < type.size(); ++c) {
     auto &chr = type[c];
-    if((chr >= 'A' && chr <= 'Z') || (chr >= 'a' && chr <= 'z') || (chr >= '0' && chr <= '9') || chr == '_' || static_cast<unsigned char>(chr) >= 128 || chr == '~') {
+    if((chr >= 'A' && chr <= 'Z') || (chr >= 'a' && chr <= 'z') || (chr >= '0' && chr <= '9') || chr == '_' || chr == '$' || static_cast<unsigned char>(chr) >= 128 || chr == '~') {
       if(text_start == std::string::npos)
         text_start = c;
     }
diff --git a/src/source_base.cpp b/src/source_base.cpp
index 7ef914c..bf5b917 100644
--- a/src/source_base.cpp
+++ b/src/source_base.cpp
@@ -860,7 +860,8 @@ Gtk::TextIter Source::BaseView::get_tabs_end_iter() {
 }
 
 bool Source::BaseView::is_token_char(gunichar chr) {
-  return (chr >= 'A' && chr <= 'Z') || (chr >= 'a' && chr <= 'z') || (chr >= '0' && chr <= '9') || chr == '_' || chr == '$' || chr >= 128;
+  return (chr >= 'A' && chr <= 'Z') || (chr >= 'a' && chr <= 'z') || (chr >= '0' && chr <= '9') || chr == '_' || chr == '$' || chr >= 128 ||
+         (language_id == "css" && chr == '-');
 }
 
 std::pair<Gtk::TextIter, Gtk::TextIter> Source::BaseView::get_token_iters(Gtk::TextIter iter) {
diff --git a/src/source_base.hpp b/src/source_base.hpp
index 6fb0961..ba6ee2c 100644
--- a/src/source_base.hpp
+++ b/src/source_base.hpp
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ namespace Source {
     Gtk::TextIter get_tabs_end_iter();
 
   public:
-    virtual bool is_token_char(gunichar chr);
+    bool is_token_char(gunichar chr);
 
   protected:
     std::pair<Gtk::TextIter, Gtk::TextIter> get_token_iters(Gtk::TextIter iter);
diff --git a/src/source_generic.cpp b/src/source_generic.cpp
index 246cbc7..97b836f 100644
--- a/src/source_generic.cpp
+++ b/src/source_generic.cpp
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ Source::GenericView::~GenericView() {
     autocomplete.thread.join();
 }
 
-bool Source::GenericView::is_token_char(gunichar chr) {
-  return Source::BaseView::is_token_char(chr) || (language_id == "css" && chr == '-');
-}
-
 void Source::GenericView::parse_language_file(bool &has_context_class, const boost::property_tree::ptree &pt) {
   bool case_insensitive = false;
   for(auto &node : pt) {
diff --git a/src/source_generic.hpp b/src/source_generic.hpp
index 698e3d2..3e462fa 100644
--- a/src/source_generic.hpp
+++ b/src/source_generic.hpp
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ namespace Source {
     GenericView(const boost::filesystem::path &file_path, const Glib::RefPtr<Gsv::Language> &language);
     ~GenericView();
 
-    bool is_token_char(gunichar chr) override;
-
   private:
     void parse_language_file(bool &has_context_class, const boost::property_tree::ptree &pt);