diff --git a/syntaxes/chickenscript.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/chickenscript.tmLanguage.json
index a59120c..93a4dd3 100644
--- a/syntaxes/chickenscript.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/chickenscript.tmLanguage.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 				},
 				{
 					"name": "constant.language",
-					"match": "[@]."
+					"match": "\\b([@].|self)\\b"
 				}
 			]
 		},