diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d1b806a..c3b2f39 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ The most up-to-date lexer and highlighter for [_Mathematica_](http://wolfram.com
  source code using the [pygments](http://pygments.org) engine.
 
 ![](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg?style=flat-square)
-![](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.4.0-yellow.svg?style=flat-square)
-![](https://img.shields.io/travis/rsmenon/pygments-mathematica/master.svg?style=flat-square)
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.4.1-yellow.svg?style=flat-square)
 ![](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9%2B-lightgrey.svg?style=flat-square)
 ![](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pygments-mathematica.svg?style=flat-square)
 ## Features
diff --git a/mathematica/lexer.py b/mathematica/lexer.py
index b2efc83..a09708a 100644
--- a/mathematica/lexer.py
+++ b/mathematica/lexer.py
@@ -82,11 +82,7 @@ class MathematicaLexer(RegexLexer):
             (Regex.INTEGER, MToken.NUMBER),
         ],
         'strings': [
-            (r'[^"\\]+', MToken.STRING),
-            (r'^[\\"]', MToken.STRING),
-            (r'(\\n|\\r)', MToken.STRING),
-            (r'\\"', MToken.STRING),
-            (r'\\', MToken.STRING),
+            (r'([^"\\]|\\.)+', MToken.STRING),
             (r'"', MToken.STRING, '#pop'),
         ],
     }
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 705a79b..ece1df8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='pygments-mathematica',
-    version='0.4.0',
+    version='0.4.1',
     description='Mathematica/Wolfram Language Lexer for Pygments',
     long_description=__doc__,
     author='rsmenon',
diff --git a/tests/test_lexer.py b/tests/test_lexer.py
index c7149a3..34f7a9f 100644
--- a/tests/test_lexer.py
+++ b/tests/test_lexer.py
@@ -77,22 +77,17 @@ def test_strings(self):
             ],
             [
                 (MToken.STRING, '"'),
-                (MToken.STRING, 'a string '),
-                (MToken.STRING, '\\"'),
-                (MToken.STRING, ' with a quote'),
+                (MToken.STRING, 'a string \\" with a quote'),
                 (MToken.STRING, '"'),
             ],
             [
                 (MToken.STRING, '"'),
-                (MToken.STRING, 'a string with a newline'),
-                (MToken.STRING, '\\n'),
+                (MToken.STRING, 'a string with a newline\\n'),
                 (MToken.STRING, '"'),
             ],
             [
                 (MToken.STRING, '"'),
-                (MToken.STRING, 'a string with '),
-                (MToken.STRING, '\\'),
-                (MToken.STRING, ' two backslashes'),
+                (MToken.STRING, 'a string with \\ two backslashes'),
                 (MToken.STRING, '"'),
             ]
         ]
@@ -393,3 +388,13 @@ def test_lexical_scope_nasty(self):
             (MToken.GROUP, ']'),
         ]
         self.verify(code, expected)
+
+    def test_string_closing_quote_on_newline(self):
+        code = '"test string\n"abc'
+        expected = [
+            (MToken.STRING, '"'),
+            (MToken.STRING, 'test string\n'),
+            (MToken.STRING, '"'),
+            (MToken.SYMBOL, 'abc'),
+        ]
+        self.verify(code, expected)
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