diff --git a/src/core_plugins/console/public/src/sense_editor/mode/x_json_highlight_rules.js b/src/core_plugins/console/public/src/sense_editor/mode/x_json_highlight_rules.js
index 4b1d0e3d1c06a..bddca4f688784 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/console/public/src/sense_editor/mode/x_json_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/console/public/src/sense_editor/mode/x_json_highlight_rules.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var jsonRules = function (root) {
   rules[root] = [
       {
         token: ["variable", "whitespace", "ace.punctuation.colon", "whitespace", "punctuation.start_triple_quote"],
-        regex: '("script"|"inline")(\\s*?)(:)(\\s*?)(""")',
+        regex: '("(?:[^"]*_)?script"|"inline"|"source")(\\s*?)(:)(\\s*?)(""")',
         next: "script-start",
         merge: false,
         push: true