diff --git a/src/recognition/g2pRules.cpp b/src/recognition/g2pRules.cpp
index 9a515a0..4391e02 100644
--- a/src/recognition/g2pRules.cpp
+++ b/src/recognition/g2pRules.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //
 // get rid of some digraphs
 { wregex(L"ch"), L"ç" },
-{ wregex(L"sh"), L"$" },
+{ wregex(L"sh"), L"$$" },
 { wregex(L"ph"), L"f" },
 { wregex(L"th"), L"+" },
 { wregex(L"qu"), L"kw" },
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@
 // sSl can simplify
 { wregex(L"(s)t(l[aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@]$)"), L"$1$2" },
 // affrication of t + front vowel
-{ wregex(L"([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzç+$ñaeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])ci([aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])"), L"$1$$2" },
-{ wregex(L"([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzç+$ñaeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])ti([aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])"), L"$1$$2" },
+{ wregex(L"([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzç+$ñaeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])ci([aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])"), L"$1$$$2" },
+{ wregex(L"([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzç+$ñaeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])ti([aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])"), L"$1$$$2" },
 { wregex(L"([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzç+$ñaeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])tu([aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])"), L"$1çu$2" },
 { wregex(L"([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzç+$ñaeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])tu([rl][aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])"), L"$1çu$2" },
-{ wregex(L"([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzç+$ñ])si(o)"), L"$1$$2" },
+{ wregex(L"([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzç+$ñ])si(o)"), L"$1$$$2" },
 { wregex(L"([aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])si(o)"), L"$1j$2" },
-{ wregex(L"([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzç+$ñ])s(ur)"), L"$1$$2" },
+{ wregex(L"([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzç+$ñ])s(ur)"), L"$1$$$2" },
 { wregex(L"([aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])s(ur)"), L"$1j$2" },
-{ wregex(L"(k)s(u[aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])"), L"$1$$2" },
-{ wregex(L"(k)s(u[rl])"), L"$1$$2" },
+{ wregex(L"(k)s(u[aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])"), L"$1$$$2" },
+{ wregex(L"(k)s(u[rl])"), L"$1$$$2" },
 // intervocalic s
 { wregex(L"([eiou])s([aeiouäëïöüâêîôûùò@])"), L"$1z$2" },
 // al to ol (do this before respelling)
diff --git a/src/recognition/g2pRules.rb b/src/recognition/g2pRules.rb
index 9b3b095..f466adc 100644
--- a/src/recognition/g2pRules.rb
+++ b/src/recognition/g2pRules.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def formatRule(searchValue, replaceValue, contextBegin, contextEnd)
   searchValue = Regexp.escape(searchValue)
   contextBegin = Regexp.escape(contextBegin)
   contextEnd = Regexp.escape(contextEnd)
+  replaceValue.gsub!(/\$/, '$$')
   
   # Anchors
   contextBegin.sub!(/^\\\#/, '^')
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ def formatRule(searchValue, replaceValue, contextBegin, contextEnd)
 end
 
 # Read rules
-lines = File.read('../lib/soundchange/english.sc', :encoding => 'iso-8859-1').split(/\r?\n/)
+lines = File.read('../../lib/soundchange/english.sc', :encoding => 'iso-8859-1').split(/\r?\n/)
 
 # Parse character class definitions
 characterClassLineCount = 0