diff --git a/src/template_compiler_scanner.erl b/src/template_compiler_scanner.erl
index 6596c8a..cf953e2 100644
--- a/src/template_compiler_scanner.erl
+++ b/src/template_compiler_scanner.erl
@@ -286,41 +286,30 @@ scan(<<"_\'", T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_code, Closer})
 scan(<<$', T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_identifier, Closer}) ->
     scan(T, [{string_literal, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, <<>>} | Scanned], {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_single_quote, Closer});
 
-scan(<<"`", T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_code, Closer}) ->
+scan(<<$`, T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_code, Closer}) ->
     scan(T, [{atom_literal, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, <<>>} | Scanned], {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_back_quote, Closer});
 
 scan(<<$`, T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_identifier, Closer}) ->
     scan(T, [{atom_literal, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, <<>>} | Scanned], {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_back_quote, Closer});
 
 scan(<<$\\, $", T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_double_quote, Closer}) ->
-    scan(T, append_char(Scanned, $"), {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_double_quote_slash, Closer});
-
-scan(<<H/utf8, T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_double_quote_slash, Closer}) ->
-    scan(T, append_char(Scanned, H), {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_double_quote, Closer});
+    scan(T, append_char(append_char(Scanned, $\\), $"), {SourceRef, Row, Column + 2}, {in_double_quote, Closer});
 
 scan(<<$\\, $', T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_single_quote, Closer}) ->
-    scan(T, append_char(Scanned, $'), {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_single_quote_slash, Closer});
-
-scan(<<H/utf8, T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_single_quote_slash, Closer}) ->
-    scan(T, append_char(Scanned, H), {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_single_quote, Closer});
-
-scan(<<$\\, T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_back_quote, Closer}) ->
-    scan(T, append_char(Scanned, $\\), {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_back_quote_slash, Closer});
-
-scan(<<H/utf8, T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_back_quote_slash, Closer}) ->
-    scan(T, append_char(Scanned, H), {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_back_quote, Closer});
-
+    scan(T, append_char(append_char(Scanned, $\\), $'), {SourceRef, Row, Column + 2}, {in_single_quote, Closer});
 
+scan(<<$\\, $`, T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_back_quote, Closer}) ->
+    scan(T, append_char(append_char(Scanned, $\\), $`), {SourceRef, Row, Column + 2}, {in_back_quote, Closer});
 
 % end quote
-scan(<<"\"", T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_double_quote, Closer}) ->
+scan(<<$", T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_double_quote, Closer}) ->
     scan(T, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_code, Closer});
 
 % treat single quotes the same as double quotes
-scan(<<"\'", T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_single_quote, Closer}) ->
+scan(<<$', T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_single_quote, Closer}) ->
     scan(T, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_code, Closer});
 
-scan(<<"`", T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_back_quote, Closer}) ->
+scan(<<$`, T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_back_quote, Closer}) ->
     scan(T, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column + 1}, {in_code, Closer});
 
 scan(<<H/utf8, T/binary>>, Scanned, {SourceRef, Row, Column}, {in_double_quote, Closer}) ->
diff --git a/test/template_compiler_quote_SUITE.erl b/test/template_compiler_quote_SUITE.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c51c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/template_compiler_quote_SUITE.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+-module(template_compiler_quote_SUITE).
+
+-include_lib("common_test/include/ct.hrl").
+
+-compile(export_all).
+
+
+suite() ->
+    [
+        {timetrap, {seconds, 30}}
+    ].
+
+all() ->
+    [
+        {group, basic}
+    ].
+
+groups() ->
+    [{basic, [],
+        [single_quote_test
+        ,single_quote_slash_test
+        ,double_quote_test
+        ,double_quote_slash_test
+        ,back_quote_test
+        ,back_quote_slash_test
+        ]}].
+
+init_per_suite(Config) ->
+    {ok, _} = application:ensure_all_started(template_compiler),
+    application:set_env(template_compiler, template_dir, test_data_dir(Config)),
+    Config.
+
+end_per_suite(_Config) ->
+    ok.
+
+init_per_group(basic, Config) ->
+    Config.
+
+end_per_group(basic, _Config) ->
+    ok.
+
+single_quote_test(_Config) ->
+    {ok, Bin} = template_compiler:render("quote_single.tpl", #{}, [], undefined),
+    <<"<pre>&lt;&lt;&quot;foo&quot;&gt;&gt;</pre>'bar'">> = iolist_to_binary(Bin),
+    ok.
+
+single_quote_slash_test(_Config) ->
+    {ok, Bin} = template_compiler:render("quote_single_slash.tpl", #{}, [], undefined),
+    <<"<pre>&lt;&lt;&quot;&#39;foo&#39;&quot;&gt;&gt;</pre>\\'bar\\'">> = iolist_to_binary(Bin),
+    ok.
+
+double_quote_test(_Config) ->
+    {ok, Bin} = template_compiler:render("quote_double.tpl", #{}, [], undefined),
+    <<"<pre>&lt;&lt;&quot;foo&quot;&gt;&gt;</pre>\"bar\"">> = iolist_to_binary(Bin),
+    ok.
+
+double_quote_slash_test(_Config) ->
+    {ok, Bin} = template_compiler:render("quote_double_slash.tpl", #{}, [], undefined),
+    <<"<pre>&lt;&lt;&quot;\\&quot;foo\\&quot;&quot;&gt;&gt;</pre>\\\"bar\\\"">> = iolist_to_binary(Bin),
+    ok.
+
+back_quote_test(_Config) ->
+    {ok, Bin} = template_compiler:render("quote_back.tpl", #{}, [], undefined),
+    <<"<pre>foo</pre>`bar`">> = iolist_to_binary(Bin),
+    ok.
+
+back_quote_slash_test(_Config) ->
+    {ok, Bin} = template_compiler:render("quote_back_slash.tpl", #{}, [], undefined),
+    <<"<pre>&#39;\\\\`foo\\\\`&#39;</pre>\\`bar\\`">> = iolist_to_binary(Bin),
+    ok.
+
+test_data_dir(Config) ->
+    filename:join([
+        filename:dirname(filename:dirname(?config(data_dir, Config))),
+        "test-data"]).
diff --git a/test/test-data/quote_back.tpl b/test/test-data/quote_back.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91118ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-data/quote_back.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% print `foo` %}`bar`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test-data/quote_back_slash.tpl b/test/test-data/quote_back_slash.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28b513b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-data/quote_back_slash.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% print `\`foo\`` %}\`bar\`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test-data/quote_double.tpl b/test/test-data/quote_double.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e56c88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-data/quote_double.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% print "foo" %}"bar"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test-data/quote_double_slash.tpl b/test/test-data/quote_double_slash.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37323f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-data/quote_double_slash.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% print "\"foo\"" %}\"bar\"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test-data/quote_single.tpl b/test/test-data/quote_single.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e0bdb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-data/quote_single.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% print 'foo' %}'bar'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test-data/quote_single_slash.tpl b/test/test-data/quote_single_slash.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b79ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-data/quote_single_slash.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% print '\'foo\'' %}\'bar\'
\ No newline at end of file