diff --git a/assets/test_prelude.ld b/assets/test_prelude.ld
index 521b8b9..9813042 100644
--- a/assets/test_prelude.ld
+++ b/assets/test_prelude.ld
@@ -378,8 +378,9 @@ fn chars/safe {
 fn ws? {
 	"Tells if a string is a whitespace character."
 	(" ") -> true
-	("\n") -> true
 	("\t") -> true
+	("\n") -> true
+	("\r") -> true
 	(_) -> false
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/rudus.js b/pkg/rudus.js
index 0c725ac..c4921c7 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_wrapper7777 = function() { return logError(function (arg0, arg1, arg2) {
+    imports.wbg.__wbindgen_closure_wrapper7787 = 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 43067b0..e6e1cfd 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 9d2ce40..8b6d566 100644
--- a/src/lexer.rs
+++ b/src/lexer.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,19 @@ pub fn lexer(
 
     let keyword = just(':').ignore_then(word).map(Token::Keyword);
 
+    let escape = just('\\')
+        .then(choice((
+            just('\\'),
+            just('"'),
+            just('n').to('\n'),
+            just('t').to('\t'),
+            just('r').to('\r'),
+        )))
+        .ignored();
+
     let string = none_of("\\\"")
+        .ignored()
+        .or(escape)
         .repeated()
         .to_slice()
         .map(Token::String)
@@ -104,3 +116,37 @@ pub fn lexer(
         .repeated()
         .collect()
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_lexes_nil() {
+        let spanned_toks = lexer().parse("nil").into_output_errors().0.unwrap();
+        let (token, _) = spanned_toks[0].clone();
+        assert_eq!(token, Token::Nil);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_lexes_strings() {
+        let spanned_toks = lexer()
+            .parse("\"foo bar baz\"")
+            .into_output_errors()
+            .0
+            .unwrap();
+        let (token, _) = spanned_toks[0].clone();
+        assert_eq!(token, Token::String("foo bar baz"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_lexes_strings_w_escaped_quotes() {
+        let spanned_toks = lexer()
+            .parse("\"foo \\\"bar baz\"")
+            .into_output_errors()
+            .0
+            .unwrap();
+        let (token, _) = spanned_toks[0].clone();
+        assert_eq!(token, Token::String("foo \\\"bar baz"));
+    }
+}