diff --git a/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/EventQueue.java b/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/EventQueue.java
index 6a2d0e9..25bcd99 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/EventQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/EventQueue.java
@@ -30,11 +30,17 @@ public void queue(Runnable task) {
         tasks.add(new TimerTask() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
-                long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                try {
+                    long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+                    task.run();
 
-                task.run();
+                    frozenUntil = now + cooldown;
 
-                frozenUntil = now + cooldown;
+                } catch(Throwable e) {
+                    discardedEvents++;
+                    // TODO: "Event failed HUD"
+                }
             }
         });
         updateTimer();
@@ -49,16 +55,22 @@ public void queue(TSLEvent eventNode, EventArguments args, CooldownBucket cooldo
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 TwitchSpawn.SERVER.execute(() -> {
-                    long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
-                    boolean performed = eventNode.process(args);
+                    try {
+                        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                        boolean performed = eventNode.process(args);
 
-                    if (!performed) {
+                        if (!performed) {
+                            discardedEvents++;
+                            return;
+                        }
+
+                        frozenUntil = now + cooldown;
+                        succeededEvents++;
+
+                    } catch (Throwable e) {
                         discardedEvents++;
-                        return;
+                        // TODO: "Event failed HUD"
                     }
-
-                    frozenUntil = now + cooldown;
-                    succeededEvents++;
                 });
             }
         });
@@ -112,6 +124,7 @@ public boolean proceed() {
     public void reset() {
         timer.cancel();
         timer.purge();
+        timer = new Timer();
         timerTicking = false;
         tasks.clear();
         this.frozenUntil = -1;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/ExpressionEvaluator.java b/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/ExpressionEvaluator.java
index 1875867..ab26e39 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/ExpressionEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/ExpressionEvaluator.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public static String fromArgs(String expression, EventArguments args) {
             return args.eventName;
 
         if (expression.equals("message"))
-            return args.message;
+            return JSONUtils.escape(args.message);
 
         if (expression.equals("title"))
             return args.rewardTitle;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/JSONUtils.java b/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/JSONUtils.java
index db00c63..b8a4227 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/JSONUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/util/JSONUtils.java
@@ -46,4 +46,28 @@ public static void forEach(JSONArray array, Consumer<JSONObject> consumer) {
         }
     }
 
+    public static String escape(String jsonString) {
+        StringBuilder escapedString = new StringBuilder();
+
+        boolean isEscaping = false;
+
+        for (char character : jsonString.toCharArray()) {
+            if (character == '\\' && !isEscaping) {
+                isEscaping = true;
+                escapedString.append(character);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (character == '\'' || character == '\"' || character == '\\') {
+                if (!isEscaping)
+                    escapedString.append("\\");
+            }
+
+            escapedString.append(character);
+            isEscaping = false;
+        }
+
+        return escapedString.toString();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/UtilsTests.java b/src/test/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/UtilsTests.java
index 804601e..f335e37 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/UtilsTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/programmer/igoodie/twitchspawn/UtilsTests.java
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package net.programmer.igoodie.twitchspawn;
 
 import net.programmer.igoodie.twitchspawn.tslanguage.parser.TSLParser;
+import net.programmer.igoodie.twitchspawn.util.JSONUtils;
 import net.programmer.igoodie.twitchspawn.util.PercentageRandomizer;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -80,4 +83,16 @@ public void pencentageBelow100Test() {
         });
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("should escape JSON strings successfully.")
+    public void jsonStringEscapistTest() throws JSONException {
+        String original = "!drop \"\"\"\"\"\"''''\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\"\\";
+        String escaped = JSONUtils.escape(original);
+
+        String jsonString = String.format("{text:\'%s\'}", escaped);
+
+        JSONObject json = new JSONObject(jsonString);
+        System.out.println("Parsed: " + json);
+    }
+
 }