diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 896774e..c4acd57 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tSyntaxElement* parse(FILE* file) {
 	bool incomment = false;
 	bool instring = false;
 	bool intoken = false;
+	bool inescape = false;
 
 	tExtstring* exttoken = NULL;
 	tExtstring* extstring = NULL;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ tSyntaxElement* parse(FILE* file) {
 		}
 
 		if (instring) {
-			if (symbol == '"') {
+			if (symbol == '"' && !inescape) {
 
 				if (extstring == NULL) {
 					extstring = malloc(sizeof(tExtstring));
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ tSyntaxElement* parse(FILE* file) {
 
 			} else {
 
+				inescape = false;
+				if (symbol == '\\')
+					inescape = true;
+
 				if (extstring == NULL) {
 
 					extstring = malloc(sizeof(tExtstring));