diff --git a/syntaxes/ice.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/ice.tmLanguage.json
index 2ef432f..dd13944 100644
--- a/syntaxes/ice.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/ice.tmLanguage.json
@@ -610,6 +610,14 @@
                                     },
                                     "patterns": [
                                         {"include": "#standard"},
+                                        {
+                                            "begin": "(?=\\[)",
+                                            "end": "(?<=])",
+                                            "patterns": [
+                                                {"include": "#standard"},
+                                                {"include": "#metadata.local"}
+                                            ]
+                                        },
                                         {
                                             "begin": "\\\\?\\b\\w+\\b",
                                             "end": "(?=})|(,)",