diff --git a/pkg/rudus.js b/pkg/rudus.js
index 284525a..0c725ac 100644
--- a/pkg/rudus.js
+++ b/pkg/rudus.js
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ function __wbg_get_imports() {
         _assertBoolean(ret);
         return ret;
     };
-    imports.wbg.__wbindgen_closure_wrapper7779 = function() { return logError(function (arg0, arg1, arg2) {
+    imports.wbg.__wbindgen_closure_wrapper7777 = function() { return logError(function (arg0, arg1, arg2) {
         const ret = makeMutClosure(arg0, arg1, 347, __wbg_adapter_22);
         return ret;
     }, arguments) };
diff --git a/pkg/rudus_bg.wasm b/pkg/rudus_bg.wasm
index 855a541..43067b0 100644
Binary files a/pkg/rudus_bg.wasm and b/pkg/rudus_bg.wasm differ
diff --git a/src/lexer.rs b/src/lexer.rs
index d89ea1d..9d2ce40 100644
--- a/src/lexer.rs
+++ b/src/lexer.rs
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ pub fn lexer(
 
     let keyword = just(':').ignore_then(word).map(Token::Keyword);
 
-    let string = just('"')
-        .ignore_then(none_of("\"").repeated().to_slice())
-        .then_ignore(just('"'))
-        .map(Token::String);
+    let string = none_of("\\\"")
+        .repeated()
+        .to_slice()
+        .map(Token::String)
+        .delimited_by(just('"'), just('"'));
 
     // todo: hard code these as type constructors
     let punctuation = one_of(",=[]{}()>;\n_")