diff --git a/Celeste.Mod.mm/MonoModRules.cs b/Celeste.Mod.mm/MonoModRules.cs
index 565b20a44..b0f6ffda8 100644
--- a/Celeste.Mod.mm/MonoModRules.cs
+++ b/Celeste.Mod.mm/MonoModRules.cs
@@ -409,6 +409,12 @@ class PatchDeathEffectUpdateAttribute : Attribute { }
     [MonoModCustomMethodAttribute(nameof(MonoModRules.PatchMiniTextboxRoutine))]
     class PatchMiniTextboxRoutine : Attribute { }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Patches the method to fix "$" not printed in PICO-8.
+    /// </summary>
+    [MonoModCustomMethodAttribute(nameof(MonoModRules.PatchEmulatorConstructor))]
+    class PatchEmulatorConstructorAttribute : Attribute { }
+
     static class MonoModRules {
 
         static bool IsCeleste;
@@ -2352,6 +2358,21 @@ public static void PatchMiniTextboxRoutine(MethodDefinition method, CustomAttrib
             });
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="MonoMod.PatchEmulatorConstructorAttribute" />
+        /// </summary>
+        public static void PatchEmulatorConstructor(ILContext il, CustomAttribute attrib) {
+            ILCursor cursor = new ILCursor(il);
+
+            string fontMap = null;
+            cursor.GotoNext(MoveType.Before,
+                instr => instr.MatchLdstr(out fontMap),
+                instr => instr.MatchStfld("Celeste.Pico8.Emulator", "fontMap"));
+            // devs forgot to press shift when typing "$" for some reason
+            fontMap = fontMap.Replace("#4%", "#$%");
+            cursor.Next.Operand = fontMap;
+        }
+
         public static void PostProcessor(MonoModder modder) {
             // Patch CrushBlock::AttackSequence's first alarm delegate manually because how would you even annotate it?
             PatchCrushBlockFirstAlarm(modder.Module.GetType("Celeste.CrushBlock/<>c__DisplayClass41_0").FindMethod("<AttackSequence>b__1"));
diff --git a/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Pico8/Emulator.cs b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Pico8/Emulator.cs
index 32ad13a0e..d41ec7e6f 100644
--- a/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Pico8/Emulator.cs
+++ b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Pico8/Emulator.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ public patch_Emulator(Scene returnTo, int levelX = 0, int levelY = 0)
             // no-op. MonoMod ignores this - we only need this to make the compiler shut up.
         }
 
+        [MonoModIgnore]
+        [PatchEmulatorConstructor]
         public extern void orig_ctor(Scene returnTo, int levelX = 0, int levelY = 0);
+
         [MonoModConstructor]
         public void ctor(Scene returnTo, int levelX = 0, int levelY = 0) {
             orig_ctor(returnTo, levelX, levelY);