diff --git a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/StreamParser.java b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/StreamParser.java
index b1eff71..8e80960 100644
--- a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/StreamParser.java
+++ b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/StreamParser.java
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ public class StreamParser implements Parser {
                 escaped = true;
                 ch = reader.read();
                 if (ch == '"' || ch == '/' || ch == '\\' || ch == 'b' || ch == 'f' || ch == 'n' || ch == 'r' || ch == 't') {
-                    count++;
                     ch = reader.read();
+                    count += 2;
                 } else if (ch == 'u') {
                     expectHex();
                     expectHex();
diff --git a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/StringParser.java b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/StringParser.java
index 6f9284c..983338c 100644
--- a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/StringParser.java
+++ b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/StringParser.java
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ public class StringParser {
 
     private char ch;
 
+    public StringParser() {
+        this(new TinyJsonListener());
+    }
+
     public StringParser(JsonResult listener) {
         this.listener = listener;
     }
 
-    public void parse(String input) throws JsonException {
+    public Node<?> parse(String input) throws JsonException {
         Objects.requireNonNull(input);
         Objects.requireNonNull(listener);
         this.input = input;
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ public class StringParser {
             throw new JsonException("malformed json: " + ch);
         }
         listener.end();
+        return listener.getResult();
     }
 
     public Node<?> getNode() {
diff --git a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/JsonBuilderTest.java b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/JsonBuilderTest.java
index 6b5cc3f..c32f2ab 100644
--- a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/JsonBuilderTest.java
+++ b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/JsonBuilderTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.Json;
 import org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.JsonBuilder;
 import org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.StreamParser;
+import org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.StringParser;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ public class JsonBuilderTest {
         assertEquals("[\"a\",\"b\",\"c\"]", s);
         StreamParser streamParser = new StreamParser();
         assertEquals("[a, b, c]", streamParser.parse(new StringReader(s)).get().toString());
+        StringParser stringParser = new StringParser();
+        assertEquals("[a, b, c]", stringParser.parse(s).get().toString());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/LargeFileTest.java b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/LargeFileTest.java
index fade4c6..611b8ea 100644
--- a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/LargeFileTest.java
+++ b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/LargeFileTest.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.test;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.TinyJsonListener;
 import org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.StreamParser;
 import org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.StringParser;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ public class LargeFileTest {
             try (inputStream) {
                 byte[] b = inputStream.readAllBytes();
                 String string = new String(b, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-                StringParser stringParser = new StringParser(new TinyJsonListener());
+                StringParser stringParser = new StringParser();
                 stringParser.parse(string);
                 stringParser.getNode().get();
                 stringParser.parse(string);
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ public class LargeFileTest {
         InputStream inputStream = ParserTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/test.json");
         if (inputStream != null) {
             try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
-                StreamParser streamParser = new StreamParser(new TinyJsonListener());
+                StreamParser streamParser = new StreamParser();
                 Logger.getLogger("").log(Level.INFO, streamParser.parse(reader).get().toString());
             }
         }
diff --git a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/ParserTest.java b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/ParserTest.java
index f88905e..6cb2610 100644
--- a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/ParserTest.java
+++ b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/ParserTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.test;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.TinyJsonListener;
 import org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.StreamParser;
 import org.xbib.datastructures.json.tiny.StringParser;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -20,9 +19,10 @@ public class ParserTest {
             if (inputStream != null) {
                 byte[] b = inputStream.readAllBytes();
                 String string = new String(b, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-                StringParser stringParser = new StringParser(new TinyJsonListener());
+                StringParser stringParser = new StringParser();
                 stringParser.parse(string);
-                assertEquals("{a=b, c=d, e=[f, g], h={i={j=k}}, l=null, m=true, n=false, o=0, p=1, q=-1, r=0.0, s=1.0, t=2.1, u=-1.0, v=-2.1, w=, x=₫, y=Jörg}",
+                assertEquals("{a=b, c=d, e=[f, g], h={i={j=k}}, l=null, m=true, n=false, o=0, p=1, q=-1, r=0.0, s=1.0, t=2.1, u=-1.0, v=-2.1, w=, x=₫, y=Jörg, z=This is \"quoted\" text\n" +
+                                "after line break}",
                         stringParser.getNode().get().toString());
             }
         }
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ public class ParserTest {
         InputStream inputStream = ParserTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/test.json");
         if (inputStream != null) {
             try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
-                StreamParser streamParser = new StreamParser(new TinyJsonListener());
-                assertEquals("{a=b, c=d, e=[f, g], h={i={j=k}}, l=null, m=true, n=false, o=0, p=1, q=-1, r=0.0, s=1.0, t=2.1, u=-1.0, v=-2.1, w=, x=₫, y=Jörg}", streamParser.parse(reader).get().toString());
+                StreamParser streamParser = new StreamParser();
+                assertEquals("{a=b, c=d, e=[f, g], h={i={j=k}}, l=null, m=true, n=false, o=0, p=1, q=-1, r=0.0, s=1.0, t=2.1, u=-1.0, v=-2.1, w=, x=₫, y=Jörg, z=This is \"quoted\" text\n" +
+                                "after line break}",
+                        streamParser.parse(reader).get().toString());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/PlainParserTest.java b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/PlainParserTest.java
index d405775..5d5f8d2 100644
--- a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/PlainParserTest.java
+++ b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/java/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/PlainParserTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ public class PlainParserTest {
                 String string = new String(b, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                 PlainParser parser = new PlainParser();
                 parser.parse(string);
-                assertEquals("{a=b, c=d, e=[f, g], h={i={j=k}}, l=null, m=true, n=false, o=0, p=1, q=-1, r=0.0, s=1.0, t=2.1, u=-1.0, v=-2.1, w=, x=₫, y=Jörg}",
+                assertEquals("{a=b, c=d, e=[f, g], h={i={j=k}}, l=null, m=true, n=false, o=0, p=1, q=-1, r=0.0, s=1.0, t=2.1, u=-1.0, v=-2.1, w=, x=₫, y=Jörg, z=This is \"quoted\" text\n" +
+                                "after line break}",
                         parser.getResult().toString());
             }
         }
diff --git a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/resources/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/test.json b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/resources/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/test.json
index 25178d9..7f13dd8 100644
--- a/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/resources/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/test.json
+++ b/datastructures-json-tiny/src/test/resources/org/xbib/datastructures/json/tiny/test/test.json
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
   "v": -2.1,
   "w": "",
   "x": "\u20AB",
-  "y": "Jörg"
+  "y": "Jörg",
+  "z": "This is \"quoted\" text\nafter line break"
 }