diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ad6a0fa..6469014 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,27 @@ var CONTROL = '(?:' + [
 ].join('|') + ')';
 var META = '|&;()<> \\t';
 
-exports.parse = function parse (s, env) {
+var TOKEN = '';
+for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+    TOKEN += (Math.pow(16,8)*Math.random()).toString(16);
+}
+
+exports.parse = function (s, env) {
+    var mapped = parse(s, env);
+    if (typeof env !== 'function') return mapped;
+    return mapped.reduce(function (acc, s) {
+        var xs = s.split(RegExp('(' + TOKEN + '.*?' + TOKEN + ')', 'g'));
+        if (xs.length === 1) return acc.concat(xs[0]);
+        return acc.concat(xs.filter(Boolean).map(function (x) {
+            if (RegExp('^' + TOKEN).test(x)) {
+                return JSON.parse(x.split(TOKEN)[1]);
+            }
+            else return x;
+        }));
+    }, []);
+};
+
+function parse (s, env) {
     var chunker = new RegExp([
         '([\'"])((\\\\\\1|[^\\1])*?)\\1', // quotes
         '(\\\\[' + META + ']|[^\\s' + META + '])+', // barewords
@@ -29,7 +49,7 @@ exports.parse = function parse (s, env) {
     var match = s.match(chunker);
     if (!match) return [];
     if (!env) env = {};
-    return [].concat.apply([], match.map(function (s) {
+    return match.map(function (s) {
         if (/^'/.test(s)) {
             return s
                 .replace(/^'|'$/g, '')
@@ -37,41 +57,11 @@ exports.parse = function parse (s, env) {
             ;
         }
         else if (/^"/.test(s) && typeof env === 'function') {
-            var res = [];
-            s = s.replace(/^"|"$/g, '');
-            
-            var begin = 0, bracket = false;
-            for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
-                if (s.charAt(i) !== '$' || s.charAt(i-1) === '\\') continue;
-                if (s.charAt(i+1) === '{') {
-                    i ++;
-                    bracket = true;
-                }
-                if (/^[*@#?$!0_-]$/.test(s.charAt(i+1))
-                && (!bracket || (bracket && s.charAt(i+2) === '}'))) {
-                    res.push(s.slice(begin, i));
-                    var r = env(s.charAt(i+1));
-                    if (typeof r === 'object') res.push(r);
-                    else res[res.length-1] += r;
-                    i ++;
-                    if (bracket) i++;
-                    begin = i + 1;
-                    continue;
-                }
-                for (var j=i+1; j < s.length && /\w/.test(s.charAt(j)); j++);
-                if (j-(i+1) > 1) {
-                    res.push(s.slice(begin, i));
-                    var r = env(s.slice(i+1, j));
-                    if (typeof r === 'object') res.push(r);
-                    else res[res.length-1] += r;
-                    begin = j;
-                }
-            }
-            res.push(s.slice(begin));
-            return res.map(function (c) {
-                if (typeof c === 'object') return c;
-                return c.replace(/\\([ "'\\$`(){}!#&*|])/g, '$1');
-            });
+            return s.replace(/^"|"$/g, '')
+                .replace(/(^|[^\\])\$(\w+|[*@#?$!0_-])/g, getVar)
+                .replace(/(^|[^\\])\${(\w+|[*@#?$!0_-])}/g, getVar)
+                .replace(/\\([ "'\\$`(){}!#&*|])/g, '$1')
+            ;
         }
         else if (/^"/.test(s)) {
             return s.replace(/^"|"$/g, '')
@@ -90,9 +80,15 @@ exports.parse = function parse (s, env) {
                 return parse('"' + s + '"', env);
             }
         );
-    }));
+    });
     
     function getVar (_, pre, key) {
-        return pre + String(env[key] || '');
+        var r = typeof env === 'function' ? env(key) : env[key];
+        if (r === undefined) r = '';
+        
+        if (typeof r === 'object') {
+            return pre + TOKEN + JSON.stringify(r) + TOKEN;
+        }
+        else return pre + r;
     }
 };