diff --git a/version2.0/nasal_lexer.h b/version2.0/nasal_lexer.h
index ddf8658..09955bc 100644
--- a/version2.0/nasal_lexer.h
+++ b/version2.0/nasal_lexer.h
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ class nasal_lexer
 					while(*ptr!=str_begin && *ptr!='\n')
 					{
 						token_str+=*ptr;
+						if(*ptr=='\\')
+						{
+							++ptr;
+							token_str+=*ptr;
+						}
 						++ptr;
 						if(ptr==res.end())
 							break;
diff --git a/version2.0/test.nas b/version2.0/test.nas
index 77ba68b..645b814 100644
--- a/version2.0/test.nas
+++ b/version2.0/test.nas
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ nil;
 [0,1,2,3,4,5][2];       # 2
 {str:"hello"}.str;      # "hello"
 {str:"hello"}["str"];   # "hello"
-{"str":"hello"}["str"]; # "hello"
+{"str":"hello\"\"\n"}["str"]; # "hello"
 
 # normal scalar
 var number_1=1;