diff --git a/example_templates/code_block.n0m b/example_templates/code_block.n0m
index bcacfaf..ef44126 100644
--- a/example_templates/code_block.n0m
+++ b/example_templates/code_block.n0m
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-
Hello
-${
- echo "hello world";
- echo "\}$";
-}$
+ <{ echo "hi" }>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/token_stream.mjs b/src/token_stream.mjs
index e76a074..3c835ad 100644
--- a/src/token_stream.mjs
+++ b/src/token_stream.mjs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { TemplateSyntaxError } from './errors/template_syntax_error.mjs';
export class TokenStream {
static ESCAPE = '\\';
- static OPEN_STATEMENT = '${';
- static CLOSE_STATEMENT = '}$';
+ static OPEN_STATEMENT = '<{';
+ static CLOSE_STATEMENT = '}>';
static OPEN_INLINE = '<%';
static CLOSE_INLINE = '%>';
static OPEN_INLINE_UNESCAPED = '