@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ repository:
     patterns:
     # e.g. function myFunc(arg) {  }
     - name: meta.function.js
-      match: \b(function\*?)(?:\s+([a-zA-Z_$]\w*))?\s*(\()(.*?)(\))
+      match: \b(function\*?)(?:\s+([a-zA-Z_$][_$\w]*))?\s*(\()(.*?)(\))
       captures:
         '1': {name: storage.type.function.js}
         '2': {name: entity.name.function.js}
 
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
 						</dict>
 					</dict>
 					<key>match</key>
-					<string>\b(function\*?)(?:\s+([a-zA-Z_$]\w*))?\s*(\()(.*?)(\))</string>
+					<string>\b(function\*?)(?:\s+([a-zA-Z_$][_$\w]*))?\s*(\()(.*?)(\))</string>
 					<key>name</key>
 					<string>meta.function.js</string>
 				</dict>