diff --git a/lmformatenforcer/tokenizerprefixtree.py b/lmformatenforcer/tokenizerprefixtree.py
index fac9a70..a56b30e 100644
--- a/lmformatenforcer/tokenizerprefixtree.py
+++ b/lmformatenforcer/tokenizerprefixtree.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
-
+import json
 
 class TokenizerPrefixTreeNode:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ def __init__(self, regular_tokens: List[Tuple[int, str]]):
             has_newline = "\n" in decoded or "\r" in decoded
 
             if not (has_quote_before_end or has_newline):
+                if '\\' in decoded[:-1]:
+                    # If there is a backslash that is not trailing, we might be in an illegal json territory. Need to verify
+                    # that is is a legal json character streak
+                    try:
+                        json.loads(f'"{decoded}"')
+                    except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
+                        continue
                 self.json_freetext_tokens.append(token_idx)
 
     def _add_token_to_tree(self, token_str: str, token_idx: int, node: TokenizerPrefixTreeNode):
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonschemaparser.py b/tests/test_jsonschemaparser.py
index f351d69..e606444 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonschemaparser.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonschemaparser.py
@@ -213,7 +213,16 @@ class SomeSchema(BaseModel):
     test_string = '{"key": "val",'
     with pytest.raises(CharacterNotAllowedException):
         _test_json_schema_parsing_with_string(test_string, SomeSchema.schema(), True)
-    
+
+
+def test_single_quote_must_not_be_escaped():
+    class SomeSchema(BaseModel):
+        key: str
+
+    test_string = '{"key": "I\\\'m a string"}'
+    with pytest.raises(CharacterNotAllowedException):
+        _test_json_schema_parsing_with_string(test_string, SomeSchema.schema(), True)
+
 
 def test_string_length_limitation():
     class SomeSchema(BaseModel):