diff --git a/src/DynamicExpresso.Core/Detector.cs b/src/DynamicExpresso.Core/Detector.cs
index e325397..3d58e01 100644
--- a/src/DynamicExpresso.Core/Detector.cs
+++ b/src/DynamicExpresso.Core/Detector.cs
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ internal class Detector
 		private readonly ParserSettings _settings;
 
 		private static readonly Regex RootIdentifierDetectionRegex =
-			new Regex(@"(?<id>@?[\p{L}\p{Nl}_][\p{L}\p{Nl}\p{Nd}\p{Mn}\p{Mc}\p{Pc}\p{Cf}_]*)", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+			new Regex(@"(?<=[^\w@]|^)(?<id>@?[\p{L}\p{Nl}_][\p{L}\p{Nl}\p{Nd}\p{Mn}\p{Mc}\p{Pc}\p{Cf}_]*)", RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
 		private static readonly Regex ChildIdentifierDetectionRegex = new Regex(
-			@"(?<id>@?[\p{L}\p{Nl}_][\p{L}\p{Nl}\p{Nd}\p{Mn}\p{Mc}\p{Pc}\p{Cf}_]*(\.[\p{L}\p{Nl}_][\p{L}\p{Nl}\p{Nd}\p{Mn}\p{Mc}\p{Pc}\p{Cf}_]*)*)",
+			@"(?<=[^\w@]|^)(?<id>@?[\p{L}\p{Nl}_][\p{L}\p{Nl}\p{Nd}\p{Mn}\p{Mc}\p{Pc}\p{Cf}_]*(\.[\p{L}\p{Nl}_][\p{L}\p{Nl}\p{Nd}\p{Mn}\p{Mc}\p{Pc}\p{Cf}_]*)*)",
 			RegexOptions.Compiled);