diff --git a/examples/nolol/loops_test.yaml b/examples/nolol/loops_test.yaml
index 89fdd35..657e8dc 100644
--- a/examples/nolol/loops_test.yaml
+++ b/examples/nolol/loops_test.yaml
@@ -3,11 +3,5 @@ scripts:
 cases:
   - name: draw
     outputs:
-      out: |
-        XXXXXX
-        X0000X
-        X0000X
-        X0000X
-        X0000X
-        XXXXXX
+      out: "XXXXXX\\nX0000X\\nX0000X\\nX0000X\\nX0000X\\nXXXXXX\\n"
       out2: 5
diff --git a/pkg/parser/ast/tokenizer.go b/pkg/parser/ast/tokenizer.go
index 75d62f3..ad7424a 100644
--- a/pkg/parser/ast/tokenizer.go
+++ b/pkg/parser/ast/tokenizer.go
@@ -313,30 +313,9 @@ func (t *Tokenizer) getStringConstant() (*Token, int) {
 	if len(t.remaining) < 2 || t.remaining[0] != '"' {
 		return nil, 0
 	}
-	escaped := false
+
 	str := ""
 	for i, b := range t.remaining[1:] {
-		if b == '\\' {
-			escaped = true
-			continue
-		}
-		if escaped {
-			switch b {
-			case 'n':
-				str += "\n"
-				escaped = false
-				continue
-			case 't':
-				str += "\t"
-				escaped = false
-				continue
-			case '"':
-				str += "\""
-				escaped = false
-				continue
-			}
-		}
-
 		if b == '"' {
 			return t.newToken(TypeString, str), i + 2
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/parser/ast/tokenizer_test.go b/pkg/parser/ast/tokenizer_test.go
index 4e7b8ee..545f5dc 100644
--- a/pkg/parser/ast/tokenizer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/parser/ast/tokenizer_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func TestTokenizer(t *testing.T) {
 	i++
 	a = 0 and 1
 	// comment 2
-	:var = "another\"test"
+	:var = "another--test"
 	:foo = (1+2.75)*3
 	:_=1
 	`
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func TestTokenizer(t *testing.T) {
 	Line: 9, Coloumn: 6, Type: Whitespace, Value: ' '
 	Line: 9, Coloumn: 7, Type: Symbol, Value: '='
 	Line: 9, Coloumn: 8, Type: Whitespace, Value: ' '
-	Line: 9, Coloumn: 9, Type: String, Value: 'another"test'
+	Line: 9, Coloumn: 9, Type: String, Value: 'another--test'
 	Line: 9, Coloumn: 24, Type: Newline
 	Line: 10, Coloumn: 1, Type: Whitespace, Value: '	'
 	Line: 10, Coloumn: 2, Type: ID, Value: ':foo'