diff --git a/res/curly_action.grammar b/res/curly_action.grammar
index 28ee21e..d851351 100644
--- a/res/curly_action.grammar
+++ b/res/curly_action.grammar
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ start = Word+
     id word = nil;
     while (!EMPTY()) {
         word = POP_STR();
-    \}
+    }
     PUSH(word);
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/res/grammar_actions.grammar b/res/grammar_actions.grammar
index 0e32f0f..1212b97 100644
--- a/res/grammar_actions.grammar
+++ b/res/grammar_actions.grammar
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 @implementation {
 - (NSString *)bar {
     return @"bar";
-\}
+}
 }
 @before {
     NSAssert([self.foo isEqualToString:@"hello world"], @"");
diff --git a/res/javascript.grammar b/res/javascript.grammar
index 6c812ba..e39156b 100644
--- a/res/javascript.grammar
+++ b/res/javascript.grammar
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     self.silentlyConsumesWhitespace = YES;
     self.tokenizer.whitespaceState.reportsWhitespaceTokens = YES;
     self.assembly.preservesWhitespaceTokens = YES;
-\}
+}
 }
 @before {
         PKTokenizer *t = self.tokenizer;
diff --git a/res/quote_symbol.grammar b/res/quote_symbol.grammar
index 27b33b5..031a294 100644
--- a/res/quote_symbol.grammar
+++ b/res/quote_symbol.grammar
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @before {
     PKTokenizer *t = self.tokenizer;
 	[t setTokenizerState:t.symbolState from:'"' to:'"'];
-	[t setTokenizerState:t.symbolState from:'\\'' to:'\\''];
+	[t setTokenizerState:t.symbolState from:'\'' to:'\''];
 }
 
 start = sym+;
diff --git a/src/PKDelimitState.m b/src/PKDelimitState.m
index 668a680..7f7b15a 100644
--- a/src/PKDelimitState.m
+++ b/src/PKDelimitState.m
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ - (id)init {
         self.rootNode = [[[PKSymbolRootNode alloc] init] autorelease];
         _rootNode.reportsAddedSymbolsOnly = YES;
         self.collection = [[[PKDelimitDescriptorCollection alloc] init] autorelease];
+        self.allowsNestedMarkers = YES;
     }
     return self;
 }
@@ -133,11 +134,11 @@ - (PKToken *)nextTokenFromReader:(PKReader *)r startingWith:(PKUniChar)cin token
     
     for (;;) {
         c = [r read];
-        if ('\\' == c) {
-            c = [r read];
-            [self append:c];
-            continue;
-        }
+//        if ('\\' == c) {
+//            c = [r read];
+//            [self append:c];
+//            continue;
+//        }
         
         if (PKEOF == c) {
             if (!_balancesEOFTerminatedStrings) {
@@ -155,9 +156,11 @@ - (PKToken *)nextTokenFromReader:(PKReader *)r startingWith:(PKUniChar)cin token
             for (PKDelimitDescriptor *desc in matchingDescs) {
                 if (_allowsNestedMarkers && [marker isEqualToString:desc.startMarker]) {
                     ++stackCount;
+                    break;
                 } else if ([marker isEqualToString:desc.endMarker]) {
                     if (_allowsNestedMarkers && stackCount > 0) {
                         --stackCount;
+                        break;
                     } else {
                         matchedDesc = desc;
                         [self appendString:desc.endMarker];