diff --git a/src/common/utilities/Utils.ts b/src/common/utilities/Utils.ts
index 65cf00cd..83587a63 100644
--- a/src/common/utilities/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/common/utilities/Utils.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export function getLastThreePartsOfFileName(string: string): string[] {
 }
 
 export function escapeDollarSign(paragraph: string): string {
-    return paragraph.replace(/\$/g, "\\$");
+    return paragraph.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").replace(/\$/g, "\\$");
 }
 
 //TODO: Take message as a parameter