diff --git a/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/liggghtsCommandModel/liggghtsCommandModel/liggghtsCommandModel.C b/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/liggghtsCommandModel/liggghtsCommandModel/liggghtsCommandModel.C
index 9b6ef7f4..078b1423 100644
--- a/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/liggghtsCommandModel/liggghtsCommandModel/liggghtsCommandModel.C
+++ b/src/lagrangian/cfdemParticle/subModels/liggghtsCommandModel/liggghtsCommandModel/liggghtsCommandModel.C
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ void liggghtsCommandModel::parseCommandList(wordList& commandList,labelList& lab
         else if (add=="dot")    add = ".";
         else if (add=="dotdot") add = "..";
         else if (add=="slash")  add = "/";
+	else if (add=="dollar") add = "$";
         else if (add=="noBlanks")  // no blanks after the following words
         {
             add = "";