diff --git a/syntax_files/sh.yaml b/syntax_files/sh.yaml
index 40d9aa6..adc0c67 100644
--- a/syntax_files/sh.yaml
+++ b/syntax_files/sh.yaml
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.number: "\\b[0-9]+\\b"
       # Conditionals and control flow
     - statement: "\\b(case|do|done|elif|else|esac|exit|fi|for|function|if|in|local|read|return|select|shift|then|time|until|while)\\b"
-    - special: "(\\{|\\}|\\(|\\)|\\;|\\]|\\[|`|\\\\|\\$|<|>|!|=|&|\\|)"
       # Shell commands
     - type: "\\b(cd|echo|export|let|set|umask|unset)\\b"
       # Common linux commands
     - type: "\\b((g|ig)?awk|bash|dash|find|\\w{0,4}grep|kill|killall|\\w{0,4}less|make|pkill|sed|sh|tar)\\b"
       # Coreutils commands
     - type: "\\b(base64|basename|cat|chcon|chgrp|chmod|chown|chroot|cksum|comm|cp|csplit|cut|date|dd|df|dir|dircolors|dirname|du|env|expand|expr|factor|false|fmt|fold|head|hostid|id|install|join|link|ln|logname|ls|md5sum|mkdir|mkfifo|mknod|mktemp|mv|nice|nl|nohup|nproc|numfmt|od|paste|pathchk|pinky|pr|printenv|printf|ptx|pwd|readlink|realpath|rm|rmdir|runcon|seq|(sha1|sha224|sha256|sha384|sha512)sum|shred|shuf|sleep|sort|split|stat|stdbuf|stty|sum|sync|tac|tail|tee|test|time|timeout|touch|tr|true|truncate|tsort|tty|uname|unexpand|uniq|unlink|users|vdir|wc|who|whoami|yes)\\b"
+    - identifier.var: "(^([[:space:]]+)?[A-Za-z0-9_]+)"
+    - special: "(\\{|\\}|\\(|\\)|\\;|\\]|\\[|`|\\\\|\\$|<|>|!|=|&|\\|)"
       # Conditional flags
     - statement: "--[a-z-]+"
     - statement: "\\ -[a-z]+"