diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index 2cdae6536f494dee227c0d5e4ee477ac0ee7e127..2f35c2f49afde1ac3360759397cbaf0429d9b5b5 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ inline fn do(comptime Ctx: type, alloc: std.mem.Allocator, writer: anytype, comp
             }
         },
         .string => |v| {
-            try writer.writeAll(v[1 .. v.len - 1]);
+            try writeEscaped(v[1 .. v.len - 1], writer);
         },
         .replacement => |repl| {
             const v = repl.arms;