diff --git a/packages/vscode-vipeye/syntaxes/viper.tmLanguage.json b/packages/vscode-vipeye/syntaxes/viper.tmLanguage.json
index 466f9aa9..1316e6b0 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-vipeye/syntaxes/viper.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/packages/vscode-vipeye/syntaxes/viper.tmLanguage.json
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
                     "begin": "\"\"\"",
                     "end": "\"\"\"",
                     "patterns": [
+                        {
+                            "include": "#string-escape"
+                        },
                         {
                             "include": "#fstring-interpolation"
                         }
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@
                     "begin": "'''",
                     "end": "'''",
                     "patterns": [
+                        {
+                            "include": "#string-escape"
+                        },
                         {
                             "include": "#fstring-interpolation"
                         }
@@ -96,8 +102,11 @@
                 {
                     "name": "string.quoted.double.viper",
                     "begin": "\"",
-                    "end": "\"",
+                    "end": "\"|$",
                     "patterns": [
+                        {
+                            "include": "#string-escape"
+                        },
                         {
                             "include": "#fstring-interpolation"
                         }
@@ -106,8 +115,11 @@
                 {
                     "name": "string.quoted.single.viper",
                     "begin": "'",
-                    "end": "'",
+                    "end": "'|$",
                     "patterns": [
+                        {
+                            "include": "#string-escape"
+                        },
                         {
                             "include": "#fstring-interpolation"
                         }
@@ -115,6 +127,14 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
+        "string-escape": {
+            "patterns": [
+                {
+                    "name": "constant.character.escape.viper",
+                    "match": "\\\\."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         "fstring-interpolation": {
             "patterns": [
                 {