diff --git a/command/alias.go b/command/alias.go
index 7fdd7a5cf..3448f7b24 100644
--- a/command/alias.go
+++ b/command/alias.go
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// TODO
+// - [ ] DEBUG support
+// - [ ] prevent overriding existing gh command
+// - [ ] allow overwriting alias
+// - [ ] forward extra arguments
+// - [ ] allow duplication of placeholder
+
 func init() {
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(aliasCmd)
 	aliasCmd.AddCommand(aliasSetCmd)
diff --git a/command/alias_test.go b/command/alias_test.go
index 3932d6af3..1e152ca89 100644
--- a/command/alias_test.go
+++ b/command/alias_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ hosts:
 aliases:
   co: pr checkout
   il: issue list --author="$1" --label="$2"
+  ia: issue list --author="$1" --assignee="$1"
 `
 	initBlankContext(cfg, "OWNER/REPO", "trunk")
 	for _, c := range []struct {
@@ -150,6 +151,8 @@ aliases:
 		{"gh il vilmibm", nil, `not enough arguments for alias: issue list --author="vilmibm" --label="$2"`},
 		{"gh co 123", []string{"pr", "checkout", "123"}, ""},
 		{"gh il vilmibm epic", []string{"issue", "list", `--author=vilmibm`, `--label=epic`}, ""},
+		{"gh ia vilmibm", []string{"issue", "list", `--author=vilmibm`, `--assignee=vilmibm`}, ""},
+		{"gh ia $coolmoney$", []string{"issue", "list", `--author=$coolmoney$`, `--assignee=$coolmoney$`}, ""},
 		{"gh pr status", []string{"pr", "status"}, ""},
 		{"gh dne", []string{"dne"}, ""},
 		{"gh", []string{}, ""},
diff --git a/command/root.go b/command/root.go
index 1fe790a40..1e09651d2 100644
--- a/command/root.go
+++ b/command/root.go
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ func ExpandAlias(args []string) ([]string, error) {
 				expansion = strings.ReplaceAll(expansion, fmt.Sprintf("$%d", i+1), a)
 			}
 		}
-		if strings.Contains(expansion, "$") {
+		lingeringRE := regexp.MustCompile(`\$\d`)
+		if lingeringRE.MatchString(expansion) {
 			return empty, fmt.Errorf("not enough arguments for alias: %s", expansion)
 		}
 		return shlex.Split(expansion)