diff --git a/src/Scanner.php b/src/Scanner.php
index 31c794ff..a191e021 100644
--- a/src/Scanner.php
+++ b/src/Scanner.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public function findTranslations()
             '('. // Start a new group to match:
             '.+'. // Must start with group
             ')'. // Close group
-            "[\'\"]". // Closing quote
+            "(?<!\\\\)[\'\"]". // Closing quote (don't match if escaped with backslash)
             "\s*". // Whitespace after param
             "[\),]";  // Close parentheses or new parameter
 
diff --git a/tests/ScannerTest.php b/tests/ScannerTest.php
index bceee00e..3ba946e5 100644
--- a/tests/ScannerTest.php
+++ b/tests/ScannerTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public function it_finds_all_translations()
         $this->scanner = app()->make(Scanner::class);
         $matches = $this->scanner->findTranslations();
 
-        $this->assertEquals($matches, ['single' => ['single' => ['This will go in the JSON array' => '', 'This will also go in the JSON array' => '', 'trans' => '']], 'group' => ['lang' => ['first_match' => ''], 'lang_get' => ['first' => '', 'second' => ''], 'trans' => ['first_match' => '', 'third_match' => ''], 'trans_choice' => ['with_params' => '']]]);
+        $this->assertEquals(['single' => ['single' => ['This will go in the JSON array' => '', 'This will also go in the JSON array' => '', 'The first half of this sentence should go into the \'JSON array\', but the second part should as well!' => '', 'trans' => '']], 'group' => ['lang' => ['first_match' => ''], 'lang_get' => ['first' => '', 'second' => ''], 'trans' => ['first_match' => '', 'third_match' => ''], 'trans_choice' => ['with_params' => '']]], $matches);
         $this->assertCount(2, $matches);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/scan-tests/__.txt b/tests/fixtures/scan-tests/__.txt
index 8b04d350..0a0cc475 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/scan-tests/__.txt
+++ b/tests/fixtures/scan-tests/__.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ __('This will go in the JSON array')
 
 __(
     'This will also go in the JSON array'
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+__('This will go in the JSON array, and it\'ll properly unescape the apostrophe.')
+
+__('The first half of this sentence should go into the \'JSON array\', but the second part should as well!')