diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e921f9..e7e6546 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ All notable changes to the "symboscript-vs" extension will be documented in this
 
 - Nothing
 
+## [0.1.2] - 2023-12-29
+
+- fix syntax highlighting (variables)
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2023-12-29
 
 - Initial release
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a7c349e..4e99e8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "symboscript-vs",
   "displayName": "SymboScript-vs",
   "description": "Official language support for SymboScrypt",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "publisher": "symboscript",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/syntaxes/symboscript.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/symboscript.tmLanguage.json
index 24e020a..1b9091d 100644
--- a/syntaxes/symboscript.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/symboscript.tmLanguage.json
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
         {
           "comment": "variables",
           "name": "variable.other.symboscript",
-          "match": "[a-z][a-z0-9_]*",
+          "match": "[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*",
           "captures": {
             "1": {
               "name": "constant.numeric.symboscript"