diff --git a/base/netfile.c b/base/netfile.c
index e6f13d8..77350a4 100644
--- a/base/netfile.c
+++ b/base/netfile.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ int GetNextLineNoNewline(char *delimiter)
 	    for (s = line; *s != '\0'; s++) {
 		if (*s == '`') {
 		    w = s + 1;
-		    while (isalnum(*w)) w++;
+		    while (isalnum(*w) || (*w == '_') || (*w == '$')) w++;
 		    e = *w;
 		    *w = '\0';
 		    kl = (struct property *)HashLookup(s + 1, definitions);
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ int GetNextLineNoNewline(char *delimiter)
 	    for (s = line; *s != '\0'; s++) {
 		if (*s == '`') {
 		    w = s + 1;
-		    while (isalnum(*w)) w++;
+		    while (isalnum(*w) || (*w == '_') || (*w == '$')) w++;
 		    e = *w;
 		    *w = '\0';
 		    kl = (struct property *)HashLookup(s + 1, definitions);
@@ -496,6 +496,21 @@ void GetNextLine(char *delimiter)
     } while (nexttok == NULL);
 }
 
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Return a pointer to the line at the position of nexttok		*/
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+char *GetLineAtTok()
+{
+    char *lpos;
+
+    if (nexttok == NULL) return NULL;
+    if (line == NULL) return NULL;
+
+    lpos = strstr(line, nexttok);
+    return lpos;
+}
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /* if nexttok is already NULL, force scanner to read new line		*/
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/base/netfile.h b/base/netfile.h
index 3fe7ffe..32e0437 100644
--- a/base/netfile.h
+++ b/base/netfile.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ extern struct hashdict *definitions;
 extern char *nexttok;
 #define SKIPTO(a) do {SkipTok(NULL);} while (!match(nexttok,a))
 extern char *strdtok(char *pstring, char *delim1, char *delim2);
+extern char *GetLineAtTok();
 extern void SkipTok(char *delimiter);
 extern void SkipTokNoNewline(char *delimiter);
 extern void SkipTokComments(char *delimiter);
diff --git a/base/verilog.c b/base/verilog.c
index 0acce53..80a91d7 100644
--- a/base/verilog.c
+++ b/base/verilog.c
@@ -1115,10 +1115,17 @@ skip_endmodule:
          kl->slop.dval = 0.01;		// One percent default
       }
       else {
-	 /* Treat the parameter as a string */
+         char *toks;
+
+	 /* Treat the parameter as a string; BUT pull everything to */
+	 /* EOL, not just the current token.			    */
+	 toks = GetLineAtTok();
+
       	 kl->type = PROP_STRING;
-	 kl->pdefault.string = strsave(nexttok);
+	 kl->pdefault.string = strsave(toks);
          kl->slop.dval = 0.0;
+
+	 SkipNewLine(VLOG_DELIMITERS);
       }
       if (kl) HashPtrInstall(kl->key, kl, &verilogdefs);
     }