diff --git a/extra/backticks/backticks.factor b/extra/backticks/backticks.factor
index 4f51047819..dc0643316f 100644
--- a/extra/backticks/backticks.factor
+++ b/extra/backticks/backticks.factor
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2015 John Benediktsson
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
-USING: fry io io.encodings.utf8 io.launcher multiline sequences ;
+USING: fry io io.encodings.utf8 interpolate io.launcher
+multiline sequences ;
 IN: backticks
 
 SYNTAX: `
-    "`" parse-multiline-string
-    '[ _ utf8 [ contents ] with-process-reader ]
-    append! ;
+    "`" parse-multiline-string '[
+        _ interpolate>string
+        utf8 [ contents ] with-process-reader
+    ] append! ;