diff --git a/evennia/utils/nested_inlinefuncs.py b/evennia/utils/nested_inlinefuncs.py
index f58ae2be4..b182866bc 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/nested_inlinefuncs.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/nested_inlinefuncs.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ _RE_TOKEN = re.compile(r"""
                         (?P<end>(?<!\\)\))|                             # unescaped } (end of function call)
                         (?P<start>(?<!\\)\$\w+\()|                      # unescaped $funcname{ (start of function call)
                         (?P<escaped>\\'|\\"|\\\)|\\$\w+\()|             # escaped tokens should re-appear in text
-                        (?P<rest>[\w\s.-\/#!%\^&\*;:=\-_`~\(}{\[\]]+)     # everything else should also be included""",
+                        (?P<rest>[\w\s.-\/#!%\^&\*;:=\-\"\'_`~\(}{\[\]]+)     # everything else should also be included""",
                         re.UNICODE + re.IGNORECASE + re.VERBOSE + re.DOTALL)