diff --git a/src/secrets.js b/src/secrets.js
index af9e124..34760ac 100644
--- a/src/secrets.js
+++ b/src/secrets.js
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ const selectAndAppendResults = async (
   secretRequest,
   results
 ) => {
-  if (!selector.includes(".")) {
+  if (selector.includes(".")) {
+    const backtick = '`';
+    selector = backtick.concat(selector, backtick);
+  } else {
     selector = '"' + selector + '"';
   }
   selector = "data." + selector;