3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/json/json.c b/src/json/json.c
index b25839f..54057e0 100644
--- a/src/json/json.c
+++ b/src/json/json.c
@@ -182,7 +182,13 @@ parse_result parse_string(byte *src, uptr start_pos, uptr max_pos) {
 
         if (quote_mask != 0) {
             result.pos += stdc_trailing_zeros_ui(quote_mask);
-            break;
+            uptr backslash_count = 0;
+            while (backslash_count < result.pos &&
+                   src[result.pos - backslash_count - 1] == '\\') {
+                backslash_count++;
+            }
+            if (!(backslash_count & 1)) break;
+            result.pos++;
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/json/test_json.c b/src/json/test_json.c
index b1df94b..9ab3cb7 100644
--- a/src/json/test_json.c
+++ b/src/json/test_json.c
@@ -219,6 +219,6 @@ i32 test_json_backspaces() {
         load_file(&perm, "src/json/test_json/test_json_backspaces.json");
     JSON doc = JSON_parse(&perm, file.content, file.size);
 
-    t_assert_strequal(doc.as.string, S("weird text\\"));
+    t_assert_strequal(doc.as.string, S("weird text\\\\yo"));
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/json/test_json/test_json_backspaces.json b/src/json/test_json/test_json_backspaces.json
index ceb65d6..8ae16fb 100644
--- a/src/json/test_json/test_json_backspaces.json
+++ b/src/json/test_json/test_json_backspaces.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"weird text\\"
+"weird text\\yo"