diff --git a/coconut/compiler/compiler.py b/coconut/compiler/compiler.py
index 9b555b5f..5a921e57 100644
--- a/coconut/compiler/compiler.py
+++ b/coconut/compiler/compiler.py
@@ -1512,10 +1512,7 @@ def str_proc(self, inputstring, **kwargs):
 
                     # if we might be at the end of the string
                     elif hold["stop"] is not None:
-                        if c == "\\":
-                            self.str_hold_contents(hold, append=hold["stop"] + c)
-                            hold["stop"] = None
-                        elif c == hold["start"][0]:
+                        if c == hold["start"][0]:
                             hold["stop"] += c
                         elif len(hold["stop"]) > len(hold["start"]):
                             raise self.make_err(CoconutSyntaxError, "invalid number of closing " + repr(hold["start"][0]) + "s", inputstring, i, reformat=False)
@@ -1523,8 +1520,9 @@ def str_proc(self, inputstring, **kwargs):
                             done = True
                             rerun = True
                         else:
-                            self.str_hold_contents(hold, append=hold["stop"] + c)
+                            self.str_hold_contents(hold, append=hold["stop"])
                             hold["stop"] = None
+                            rerun = True
 
                     # if we might be at the start of an f string expr
                     elif hold.get("saw_brace", False):
@@ -1539,15 +1537,16 @@ def str_proc(self, inputstring, **kwargs):
                             hold["exprs"].append("")
                             rerun = True
 
+                    elif is_f and c == "{":
+                        hold["saw_brace"] = True
+                        self.str_hold_contents(hold, append=c)
+                    # backslashes should escape quotes, but nothing else
                     elif count_end(self.str_hold_contents(hold), "\\") % 2 == 1:
                         self.str_hold_contents(hold, append=c)
                     elif c == hold["start"]:
                         done = True
                     elif c == hold["start"][0]:
                         hold["stop"] = c
-                    elif is_f and c == "{":
-                        hold["saw_brace"] = True
-                        self.str_hold_contents(hold, append=c)
                     else:
                         self.str_hold_contents(hold, append=c)
 
diff --git a/coconut/root.py b/coconut/root.py
index dbb23838..3b7a1c2e 100644
--- a/coconut/root.py
+++ b/coconut/root.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 VERSION = "3.1.0"
 VERSION_NAME = None
 # False for release, int >= 1 for develop
-DEVELOP = 14
+DEVELOP = 15
 ALPHA = False  # for pre releases rather than post releases
 
 assert DEVELOP is False or DEVELOP >= 1, "DEVELOP must be False or an int >= 1"
diff --git a/coconut/tests/src/cocotest/agnostic/primary_2.coco b/coconut/tests/src/cocotest/agnostic/primary_2.coco
index 0ad26de4..be581e69 100644
--- a/coconut/tests/src/cocotest/agnostic/primary_2.coco
+++ b/coconut/tests/src/cocotest/agnostic/primary_2.coco
@@ -461,6 +461,10 @@ def primary_test_2() -> bool:
     assert CoconutWarning `issubclass` Warning
     x = y = 2
     assert f"{x + y = }" == "x + y = 4"
+    assert f"""
+"{x}"
+""" == '\n"2"\n'
+    assert f"\{1}" == "\\1"
 
     with process_map.multiple_sequential_calls():  # type: ignore
         assert map((+), range(3), range(4)$[:-1], strict=True) |> list == [0, 2, 4] == process_map((+), range(3), range(4)$[:-1], strict=True) |> list  # type: ignore
diff --git a/coconut/tests/src/cocotest/non_strict/non_strict_test.coco b/coconut/tests/src/cocotest/non_strict/non_strict_test.coco
index 329a9e62..5338ea7e 100644
--- a/coconut/tests/src/cocotest/non_strict/non_strict_test.coco
+++ b/coconut/tests/src/cocotest/non_strict/non_strict_test.coco
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ def non_strict_test() -> bool:
     assert value == "123"
     "{" f"{key}" ": " + value + "}" = "{abc: aaa}"
     assert value == "aaa"
+    assert """ """\
+        == " "
     return True
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":