diff --git a/examples/authors/mysql/query.sql b/examples/authors/mysql/query.sql
index 94c51b9..7357f3a 100644
--- a/examples/authors/mysql/query.sql
+++ b/examples/authors/mysql/query.sql
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ WHERE id = ?;
 /* name: Test :one */
 SELECT * FROM node_mysql_types
 LIMIT 1;
+
+/* name: GetReservedWords :many */
+SELECT `id`, `key`, `value` FROM reserved_words;
diff --git a/examples/authors/mysql/schema.sql b/examples/authors/mysql/schema.sql
index 3004aa5..67dfb22 100644
--- a/examples/authors/mysql/schema.sql
+++ b/examples/authors/mysql/schema.sql
@@ -50,3 +50,10 @@ CREATE TABLE node_mysql_types (
 
   c_json JSON
 );
+
+/* https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/keywords.html#keywords-8-4-detailed-I */
+CREATE TABLE reserved_words (
+  `id` BIGINT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `key` TEXT,
+  `value` TEXT
+);
diff --git a/examples/bun-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts b/examples/bun-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts
index 1673007..4bf4c1e 100644
--- a/examples/bun-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts
+++ b/examples/bun-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts
@@ -209,3 +209,27 @@ export async function test(client: Client): Promise<TestRow | null> {
     };
 }
 
+export const getReservedWordsQuery = `-- name: GetReservedWords :many
+SELECT \`id\`, \`key\`, \`value\` FROM reserved_words`;
+
+export interface GetReservedWordsRow {
+    id: number;
+    key: string | null;
+    value: string | null;
+}
+
+export async function getReservedWords(client: Client): Promise<GetReservedWordsRow[]> {
+    const [rows] = await client.query<RowDataPacket[]>({
+        sql: getReservedWordsQuery,
+        values: [],
+        rowsAsArray: true
+    });
+    return rows.map(row => {
+        return {
+            id: row[0],
+            key: row[1],
+            value: row[2]
+        };
+    });
+}
+
diff --git a/examples/node-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts b/examples/node-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts
index c79988f..0116369 100644
--- a/examples/node-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts
+++ b/examples/node-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts
@@ -209,3 +209,27 @@ export async function test(client: Client): Promise<TestRow | null> {
     };
 }
 
+export const getReservedWordsQuery = `-- name: GetReservedWords :many
+SELECT \`id\`, \`key\`, \`value\` FROM reserved_words`;
+
+export interface GetReservedWordsRow {
+    id: string;
+    key: string | null;
+    value: string | null;
+}
+
+export async function getReservedWords(client: Client): Promise<GetReservedWordsRow[]> {
+    const [rows] = await client.query<RowDataPacket[]>({
+        sql: getReservedWordsQuery,
+        values: [],
+        rowsAsArray: true
+    });
+    return rows.map(row => {
+        return {
+            id: row[0],
+            key: row[1],
+            value: row[2]
+        };
+    });
+}
+
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index e3a077c..b6dd47e 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ function readInput(): GenerateRequest {
 }
 
 function queryDecl(name: string, sql: string) {
+  const escaped = sql.replace(/`/g, '\\`');
+
   return factory.createVariableStatement(
     [factory.createToken(SyntaxKind.ExportKeyword)],
     factory.createVariableDeclarationList(
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ function queryDecl(name: string, sql: string) {
           factory.createIdentifier(name),
           undefined,
           undefined,
-          factory.createNoSubstitutionTemplateLiteral(sql, sql)
+          factory.createNoSubstitutionTemplateLiteral(escaped, escaped)
         ),
       ],
       NodeFlags.Const //| NodeFlags.Constant | NodeFlags.Constant