diff --git a/Tools/Editors/TextMate/JavaScript Objective-J.tmbundle/Syntaxes/Objective-J.tmLanguage b/Tools/Editors/TextMate/JavaScript Objective-J.tmbundle/Syntaxes/Objective-J.tmLanguage
index a1ced269f..b750cb206 100644
--- a/Tools/Editors/TextMate/JavaScript Objective-J.tmbundle/Syntaxes/Objective-J.tmLanguage	
+++ b/Tools/Editors/TextMate/JavaScript Objective-J.tmbundle/Syntaxes/Objective-J.tmLanguage	
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<array>
 		<dict>
 			<key>begin</key>
-			<string>((@)(interface|protocol))(?!.+;)\s+([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*)\s*((:)(?:\s*)([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*))?(\s|\n)?</string>
+			<string>((@)(interface|protocol))(?!.+;)\s+([_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*)\s*((:)(?:\s*)([_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*))?(\s|\n)?</string>
 			<key>captures</key>
 			<dict>
 				<key>1</key>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 		</dict>
 		<dict>
 			<key>begin</key>
-			<string>((@)(implementation))\s+([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*)\s*(?::\s*([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*))?</string>
+			<string>((@)(implementation))\s+([_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*)\s*(?::\s*([_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*))?</string>
 			<key>captures</key>
 			<dict>
 				<key>1</key>