diff --git a/evennia/utils/nested_inlinefuncs.py b/evennia/utils/nested_inlinefuncs.py
index b182866bc..d36c5a7f4 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.-\/#!%\^&\*;:=\-_`~\(}{\[\]]+|\"{1}|\'{1})     # everything else should also be included""",
                         re.UNICODE + re.IGNORECASE + re.VERBOSE + re.DOTALL)
 
 
diff --git a/evennia/utils/tests.py b/evennia/utils/tests.py
index 300b5dc38..1cd5074ee 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/tests.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/tests.py
@@ -336,5 +336,10 @@ class TestNestedInlineFuncs(TestCase):
 
     def test_escaped(self):
         self.assertEqual(nested_inlinefuncs.parse_inlinefunc(
-            "this should be $pad('''escaped,''' and \"\"\"instead,\"\"\" cropped $crop(with a long,5) text., 80)"),
+            "this should be $pad('''escaped,''' and '''instead,''' cropped $crop(with a long,5) text., 80)"),
+            "this should be                    escaped, and instead, cropped with  text.                    ")
+
+    def test_escaped2(self):
+        self.assertEqual(nested_inlinefuncs.parse_inlinefunc(
+            'this should be $pad("""escaped,""" and """instead,""" cropped $crop(with a long,5) text., 80)'),
             "this should be                    escaped, and instead, cropped with  text.                    ")