diff --git a/JSONKit.m b/JSONKit.m
index 4aba2e1..9ce1ce7 100644
--- a/JSONKit.m
+++ b/JSONKit.m
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ static int jk_parse_string(JKParseState *parseState) {
           break;
 
         case JSONStringStateEscapedNeedEscapeForSurrogate:
-          if((currentChar == '\\')) { stringState = JSONStringStateEscapedNeedEscapedUForSurrogate; }
+          if(currentChar == '\\') { stringState = JSONStringStateEscapedNeedEscapedUForSurrogate; }
           else { 
             if((parseState->parseOptionFlags & JKParseOptionLooseUnicode) == 0) { jk_error(parseState, @"Required a second \\u Unicode escape sequence following a surrogate \\u Unicode escape sequence."); stringState = JSONStringStateError; goto finishedParsing; }
             else { stringState = JSONStringStateParsing; atStringCharacter--;    if(jk_string_add_unicodeCodePoint(parseState, UNI_REPLACEMENT_CHAR, &tokenBufferIdx, &stringHash)) { jk_error(parseState, @"Internal error: Unable to add UTF8 sequence to internal string buffer. %@ line #%ld", [NSString stringWithUTF8String:__FILE__], (long)__LINE__); stringState = JSONStringStateError; goto finishedParsing; } }