diff --git a/support/vscode_ext/jac/syntaxes/jac.tmLanguage.json b/support/vscode_ext/jac/syntaxes/jac.tmLanguage.json
index b65c57c77..2eef979b6 100644
--- a/support/vscode_ext/jac/syntaxes/jac.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/support/vscode_ext/jac/syntaxes/jac.tmLanguage.json
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@
 						{
 							"include": "#statement-keyword"
 						},
+						{
+							"include": "#string"
+						},
 						{
 							"include": "#architype_refdef"
 						},