diff --git a/lua/telescope/builtin/files.lua b/lua/telescope/builtin/files.lua
index d13b81a..2156223 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/builtin/files.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/builtin/files.lua
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ local filter = vim.tbl_filter
 local files = {}
 
 local escape_chars = function(string)
-  return string.gsub(string,  "[%(|%)|\\|%[|%]|%-|%{%}|%?|%+|%*]", {
+  return string.gsub(string,  "[%(|%)|\\|%[|%]|%-|%{%}|%?|%+|%*|%^|%$]", {
     ["\\"] = "\\\\", ["-"] = "\\-",
     ["("] = "\\(", [")"] = "\\)",
     ["["] = "\\[", ["]"] = "\\]",
     ["{"] = "\\{", ["}"] = "\\}",
     ["?"] = "\\?", ["+"] = "\\+",
-    ["*"] = "\\*",
+    ["*"] = "\\*", ["^"] = "\\^",
+    ["$"] = "\\$",
   })
 end