diff --git a/engine/backends/fstar/fstar-surface-ast/FStar_Parser_ToDocument.ml b/engine/backends/fstar/fstar-surface-ast/FStar_Parser_ToDocument.ml
index 23676511e..062b8a303 100644
--- a/engine/backends/fstar/fstar-surface-ast/FStar_Parser_ToDocument.ml
+++ b/engine/backends/fstar/fstar-surface-ast/FStar_Parser_ToDocument.ml
@@ -1000,6 +1000,31 @@ let separate_map_with_comments_kw :
                   let uu___2 = f prefix x in (uu___1, uu___2) in
                 let uu___1 = FStar_Compiler_List.fold_left fold_fun init xs1 in
                 FStar_Pervasives_Native.snd uu___1
+let (p_char_literal' :
+  FStar_Char.char -> FStar_BaseTypes.char -> FStar_Pprint.document) =
+  fun quote_char ->
+    fun c ->
+      str
+        (match c with
+         | 8 -> "\\b"
+         | 12 -> "\\f"
+         | 10 -> "\\n"
+         | 9 -> "\\t"
+         | 13 -> "\\r"
+         | 11 -> "\\v"
+         | 0 -> "\\0"
+         | c1 ->
+             let s = FStar_Compiler_Util.string_of_char c1 in
+             if quote_char = c1 then "\\" ^ s else s)
+let (p_char_literal : FStar_BaseTypes.char -> FStar_Pprint.document) =
+  fun c -> let uu___ = p_char_literal' 39 c in FStar_Pprint.squotes uu___
+let (p_string_literal : Prims.string -> FStar_Pprint.document) =
+  fun s ->
+    let quotation_mark = 34 in
+    let uu___ =
+      FStar_Pprint.concat_map (p_char_literal' quotation_mark)
+        (FStar_String.list_of_string s) in
+    FStar_Pprint.dquotes uu___
 let rec (p_decl : FStar_Parser_AST.decl -> FStar_Pprint.document) =
   fun d ->
     let qualifiers =
@@ -4524,10 +4549,7 @@ and (p_atomicTermNotQUident : FStar_Parser_AST.term -> FStar_Pprint.document)
         FStar_Ident.lid_equals lid FStar_Parser_Const.assume_lid ->
         str "assume"
     | FStar_Parser_AST.Tvar tv -> p_tvar tv
-    | FStar_Parser_AST.Const c ->
-        (match c with
-         | FStar_Const.Const_char x when x = 10 -> str "0x0Az"
-         | uu___ -> p_constant c)
+    | FStar_Parser_AST.Const c -> p_constant c
     | FStar_Parser_AST.Name lid when
         FStar_Ident.lid_equals lid FStar_Parser_Const.true_lid -> str "True"
     | FStar_Parser_AST.Name lid when
@@ -4732,10 +4754,8 @@ and (p_constant : FStar_Const.sconst -> FStar_Pprint.document) =
     | FStar_Const.Const_unit -> str "()"
     | FStar_Const.Const_bool b -> FStar_Pprint.doc_of_bool b
     | FStar_Const.Const_real r -> str (Prims.op_Hat r "R")
-    | FStar_Const.Const_char x -> FStar_Pprint.doc_of_char x
-    | FStar_Const.Const_string (s, uu___1) ->
-        let uu___2 = str (FStar_String.escaped s) in
-        FStar_Pprint.dquotes uu___2
+    | FStar_Const.Const_char x -> p_char_literal x
+    | FStar_Const.Const_string (s, uu___1) -> p_string_literal s
     | FStar_Const.Const_int (repr, sign_width_opt) ->
         let signedness uu___1 =
           match uu___1 with
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 0edcc0754..a935c81c6 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ fmt:
   cd engine && dune fmt
 
 # Run hax tests: each test crate has a snapshot, so that we track changes in extracted code. If a snapshot changed, please review them with `just test-review`.
-test:
-  cargo test --test toolchain
+test *FLAGS:
+  cargo test --test toolchain {{FLAGS}}
 
-_test:
-  CARGO_TESTS_ASSUME_BUILT=1 cargo test --test toolchain
+_test *FLAGS:
+  CARGO_TESTS_ASSUME_BUILT=1 cargo test --test toolchain {{FLAGS}}
 
 # Review snapshots
 test-review: (_ensure_command_in_path "cargo-insta" "Insta (https://insta.rs)")
diff --git a/test-harness/src/snapshots/toolchain__literals into-coq.snap b/test-harness/src/snapshots/toolchain__literals into-coq.snap
index 77d4150c3..f2da7be00 100644
--- a/test-harness/src/snapshots/toolchain__literals into-coq.snap	
+++ b/test-harness/src/snapshots/toolchain__literals into-coq.snap	
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ Definition math_integers (x : t_Int) `{andb (f_gt (x) (impl__Int___unsafe_from_s
   let _ : t_usize := impl__Int__to_usize (x) in
   impl__Int__to_u8 (f_add (x) (f_mul (x) (x))).
 
+Definition null : ascii :=
+  "\000"%char.
+
 Definition numeric (_ : unit) : unit :=
   let _ : t_usize := 123 in
   let _ : t_isize := -42 in
diff --git a/test-harness/src/snapshots/toolchain__literals into-fstar.snap b/test-harness/src/snapshots/toolchain__literals into-fstar.snap
index f6c262b10..efe3f1ef0 100644
--- a/test-harness/src/snapshots/toolchain__literals into-fstar.snap	
+++ b/test-harness/src/snapshots/toolchain__literals into-fstar.snap	
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ let math_integers (x: Hax_lib.Int.t_Int)
   let (_: usize):usize = Hax_lib.Int.impl__Int__to_usize x in
   Hax_lib.Int.impl__Int__to_u8 (x + (x * x <: Hax_lib.Int.t_Int) <: Hax_lib.Int.t_Int)
 
+let null: char = '\0'
+
 let numeric (_: Prims.unit) : Prims.unit =
   let (_: usize):usize = sz 123 in
   let (_: isize):isize = isz (-42) in
diff --git a/tests/literals/src/lib.rs b/tests/literals/src/lib.rs
index b82e937f0..7fbc1be70 100644
--- a/tests/literals/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/literals/src/lib.rs
@@ -81,3 +81,5 @@ pub fn empty_array() {
 fn fn_pointer_cast() {
     let f: fn(&u32) -> &u32 = |x| x;
 }
+
+const null: char = '\0';