diff --git a/resotocore/resotocore/cli/command.py b/resotocore/resotocore/cli/command.py
index 3881645679..6b1ab1313e 100644
--- a/resotocore/resotocore/cli/command.py
+++ b/resotocore/resotocore/cli/command.py
@@ -2549,7 +2549,6 @@ class ListCommand(CLICommand, OutputTransformer):
         + default_history_properties_to_show
         + default_live_properties_to_show
     }
-    dot_re = re.compile("[.]")
 
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
@@ -2600,7 +2599,8 @@ def default_props_to_show() -> List[Tuple[List[str], str]]:
                 for name in chain(predicate_names, sort_names):
                     if name not in self.all_default_props and name not in local_paths:
                         local_paths.add(name)
-                        result.append((self.dot_re.split(name), name.rsplit(".", 1)[-1]))
+                        path = PropertyPath.from_path(name).unescaped_parts()
+                        result.append((path, path[-1]))
             if ctx.query_options.get("history") is not True:
                 result.extend(self.default_live_properties_to_show)
             # add all context properties
@@ -2608,7 +2608,7 @@ def default_props_to_show() -> List[Tuple[List[str], str]]:
             return result
 
         def adjust_path(prop_path: str) -> List[str]:
-            return self.dot_re.split(ctx.variable_in_section(prop_path))
+            return PropertyPath.from_path(ctx.variable_in_section(prop_path)).unescaped_parts()
 
         def to_str(name: str, elem: JsonElement) -> str:
             if isinstance(elem, dict):
diff --git a/resotocore/resotocore/model/model.py b/resotocore/resotocore/model/model.py
index 6bcf32af43..2b892cac4f 100644
--- a/resotocore/resotocore/model/model.py
+++ b/resotocore/resotocore/model/model.py
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ def child(self, part: Optional[str]) -> PropertyPath:
         update.append(part)
         return PropertyPath(update)
 
+    def unescaped_parts(self) -> List[str]:
+        return [p.strip("`") for p in self.path if p is not None]
+
     @property
     def last_part(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return self.path[-1] if self.path else None
diff --git a/resotocore/tests/resotocore/cli/command_test.py b/resotocore/tests/resotocore/cli/command_test.py
index 54e53c3bf6..01a4fbe92f 100644
--- a/resotocore/tests/resotocore/cli/command_test.py
+++ b/resotocore/tests/resotocore/cli/command_test.py
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ async def test_list_command(cli: CLI) -> None:
 
     # List supports csv output
     result = await cli.execute_cli_command(
-        f"json {json.dumps(props)} | list --csv a,b,c,d,e,f,non_existent", stream.list
+        f"json {json.dumps(props)} | list --csv a,`b`,c,`d`,e,`f`,non_existent", stream.list
     )
     assert result[0] == ['"a","b","c","d","e","f","non_existent"', '"a",True,False,"",12,1.234,""']