diff --git a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/interpreter.test.js.snap b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/interpreter.test.js.snap
index 64ae381b..8a8b6ad5 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/interpreter.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/interpreter.test.js.snap
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ exports[`interpreter correct target code !(3 * 2 -1 > -1.34 * 3) and true 1`] =
 
 exports[`interpreter correct target code "1" == 1 1`] = `"(function(_) { return (function(input) { return \\"1\\"===1})})"`;
 
+exports[`interpreter correct target code "Hello\\" World\\'\\nx" 1`] = `"(function(_) { return (function(input) { return \\"Hello\\\\\\" World\\\\'\\\\nx\\"})})"`;
+
 exports[`interpreter correct target code $ {
             Person: user {
                 name {
@@ -987,6 +989,16 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`interpreter correct target tree "Hello\\" World\\'\\nx" 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "status": true,
+  "value": Object {
+    "name": "primitive",
+    "value": "\\"Hello\\\\\\" World\\\\'\\\\nx\\"",
+  },
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`interpreter correct target tree $ {
             Person: user {
                 name {
diff --git a/src/__tests__/interpreter.test.js b/src/__tests__/interpreter.test.js
index f5cd9f49..48f4e0ef 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/interpreter.test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/interpreter.test.js
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ const tests = [
     sourceCode: `null: true`,
     output: [null, true]
   },
+  {
+    sourceCode: `"Hello\\" World\\'\\nx"`,
+    output: `Hello" World'
+x`
+  },
   {
     sourceCode: `{
       "foo": [-42, $],
diff --git a/src/parsers/primitive.js b/src/parsers/primitive.js
index 2e77b85e..e118a832 100644
--- a/src/parsers/primitive.js
+++ b/src/parsers/primitive.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import P from 'parsimmon'
 import type { NodeType } from '../types'
 
 const keywords = ['null', 'true', 'false']
-const DoubleQuoteStringRegexp = /("(((?=\\)\\(["\\\/bfnrt]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}))|[^"\\\0-\x1F\x7F]+)*")/
-const SingleQuoteStringRegexp = /('(((?=\\)\\(['\\\/bfnrt]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}))|[^'\\\0-\x1F\x7F]+)*')/
+const DoubleQuoteStringRegexp = /("(((?=\\)\\(["'\\\/bfnrt]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}))|[^"\\\0-\x1F\x7F]+)*")/
+const SingleQuoteStringRegexp = /('(((?=\\)\\(['"\\\/bfnrt]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}))|[^'\\\0-\x1F\x7F]+)*')/
 export const StringParserRegExp = new RegExp(`(${DoubleQuoteStringRegexp.source}|${SingleQuoteStringRegexp.source})`)
 const NumberParserRegExp = /(?:0|[1-9]\d*)(?:\.\d+)?(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?/