diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js b/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js
index 1a12ff5528..615ef1de3e 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ OpenLayers.String = {
      * Used to find tokens in a string.
      * Examples: ${a}, ${a.b.c}, ${a-b}, ${5}
      */
-    tokenRegEx:  /\${([\w.]+?)}/g,
+    tokenRegEx:  /\$\{([\w.]+?)\}/g,
     
     /**
      * Property: OpenLayers.String.numberRegEx