diff --git a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
index 75be87254..20140a79e 100644
--- a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
+++ b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ whitespace  [ \t\r]
 escape      {backslash}.
 dstringchar [^"\n\\]
 sstringchar [^'\n\\]
-bareword    [a-zA-Z0-9_\-+:.\[\]<>;]
+bareword    [a-zA-Z0-9_\-+:./\\\[\]<>;]
 
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