diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/Completion/SqlCompletionItem.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/Completion/SqlCompletionItem.cs
index 59a25c05..621400d1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/Completion/SqlCompletionItem.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/Completion/SqlCompletionItem.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.LanguageServices.Completion
     /// </summary>
     public class SqlCompletionItem
     {
-        private static Regex ValidSqlNameRegex = new Regex(@"^[\p{L}_@][\p{L}\p{N}@$#_]{0,127}$");
+        private static Regex ValidSqlNameRegex = new Regex(@"^[\p{L}_@#][\p{L}\p{N}@$#_]{0,127}$");
         private static DelimitedIdentifier BracketedIdentifiers = new DelimitedIdentifier { Start = "[", End = "]"};
         private static DelimitedIdentifier[] DelimitedIdentifiers =
             new DelimitedIdentifier[] { BracketedIdentifiers, new DelimitedIdentifier {Start = "\"", End = "\"" } };
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test/LanguageServer/SqlCompletionItemTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test/LanguageServer/SqlCompletionItemTests.cs
index f5f3486e..1679ca27 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test/LanguageServer/SqlCompletionItemTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test/LanguageServer/SqlCompletionItemTests.cs
@@ -524,6 +524,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test.LanguageServer
             Assert.Equal(completionItem.Detail, expected);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void TempTablesShouldNotBeEscaped()
+        {
+            string declarationTitle = "#TestTable";
+            string expected = declarationTitle;
+            DeclarationType declarationType = DeclarationType.Table;
+            string tokenText = "";
+            SqlCompletionItem item = new SqlCompletionItem(declarationTitle, declarationType, tokenText);
+            CompletionItem completionItem = item.CreateCompletionItem(0, 1, 2);
+
+            Assert.Equal(completionItem.Label, expected);
+            Assert.Equal(completionItem.InsertText, expected);
+            Assert.Equal(completionItem.Detail, expected);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void KindShouldBeModuleGivenSchemaDeclarationType()
         {