diff --git a/bundles/icinga2/files/hosts.d/host.conf b/bundles/icinga2/files/hosts.d/host.conf
index 2f04906..729e08f 100644
--- a/bundles/icinga2/files/hosts.d/host.conf
+++ b/bundles/icinga2/files/hosts.d/host.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
             if key.endswith('_interval'):
                 return value
             else:
-                return f'"{value}"'
+                escaped_value = value.replace('$', '$$').replace('"', '\\"')
+                return f'"{escaped_value}"'
         elif isinstance(value, (list, set)):
             return '[' + ', '.join(render_value(e) for e in sorted(value)) + ']'
         else: