diff --git a/src/subst/variable_subst.c b/src/subst/variable_subst.c
index 96f903f..1d04e6f 100644
--- a/src/subst/variable_subst.c
+++ b/src/subst/variable_subst.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
 /*   Created: 2025/03/19 17:28:29 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/04/16 17:45:36 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Updated: 2025/04/16 18:03:52 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@
 **		word: the worddesc to be modified
 **		i: the index at which the $ marking the start of expansion is located
 **		id_len: the length of the string that constitutes a valid bash
-**			identifier (it is to be noted that it can be zero and yet still
-**			conduct to a replacement of more that just $ if $ is immediately
-**			followed by a digit -- this cans be modified as it is not strictly
-**			required to consider positionnal arguments at all or indeed treat
-**			them as holding no value)
+**			identifier
 **		rep: a malloc-allocated string previously calculated to correspond to
 **			the actual value to set as the expansion
 ** This function exists to actually modify the worddesc word by modifying the
@@ -53,11 +49,9 @@ static t_worddesc	*word_update(t_worddesc *word, size_t i, size_t id_len,
 {
 	char	*new_word;
 	size_t	rep_len;
-	size_t	digit;
 
-	digit = ft_isdigit(word->word[i + 1]);
 	rep_len = ft_strlen(rep);
-	new_word = replace_in_str(word->word, i, i + id_len + digit, rep);
+	new_word = replace_in_str(word->word, i, i + id_len, rep);
 	free(rep);
 	free(word->word);
 	word->word = new_word;
@@ -67,7 +61,7 @@ static t_worddesc	*word_update(t_worddesc *word, size_t i, size_t id_len,
 		rep = construct_repeting_char_string('$', rep_len);
 	if (!rep)
 		return (NULL);
-	new_word = replace_in_str(word->marker, i, i + id_len + digit, rep);
+	new_word = replace_in_str(word->marker, i, i + id_len, rep);
 	free(rep);
 	if (!new_word)
 		return (NULL);
@@ -118,9 +112,6 @@ static char	*calculate_replacement(t_worddesc *word, t_minishell *app, size_t i,
 ** identifier with the corresponding value if present in env, the return value
 ** of the last foreground executed pipeline in the case of $? or nothing if
 ** the corresponding identifier does not have an entry in env.
-** Additionnally if the first character following is a digit both the '$'
-** and digit are removed even though we do not deal with those type of bash
-** parameters (we consider them to never hold a value).
 ** Similarly if the character following the '$' is neither '_' or
 ** alphanumerical the dollar is removed except for the appearance of a '\0'
 ** signaling the end of the word.
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 09202fe..0f0d8b4 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -674,4 +674,11 @@ expecting <<EOF
  $ $
 EOF
 
+when_run <<EOF "handling of positional arguments"
+echo \$9HOME
+EOF
+expecting <<EOF
+\$9HOME
+EOF
+
 finalize