diff --git a/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts b/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts
index e2321f7..3a2905f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts
@@ -231,4 +231,10 @@ describe('curly strings', () => {
     expect(`{ This is $({twisted}). }`).toEvaluateTo(` This is twisted. `)
     expect(`{ This is $({{twisted}}). }`).toEvaluateTo(` This is {twisted}. `)
   })
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  test('interpolation edge cases', () => {
+    expect(`{[a=1 b=2 c={wild}]}`).toEvaluateTo(`[a=1 b=2 c={wild}]`)
+    expect(`a = 1;b = 2;c = 3;{$a $b $c}`).toEvaluateTo(`1 2 3`)
+    expect(`a = 1;b = 2;c = 3;{$a$b$c}`).toEvaluateTo(`123`)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/parser/curlyTokenizer.ts b/src/parser/curlyTokenizer.ts
index 6a6de66..bc8acf0 100644
--- a/src/parser/curlyTokenizer.ts
+++ b/src/parser/curlyTokenizer.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const tokenizeCurlyString = (value: string): (string | [string, Tree])[]
 
         const input = value.slice(start + 1, pos) // skip '$'
         tokens.push([input, parser.parse(input)])
-        start = pos
+        start = pos-- // backtrack and start over
       }
     }