diff --git a/src/paredit/core.clj b/src/paredit/core.clj
index 847a55c..c6cec1e 100644
--- a/src/paredit/core.clj
+++ b/src/paredit/core.clj
@@ -774,7 +774,6 @@
   (with-important-memoized
     (if-let [rloc (-?> parse-tree (parsed-root-loc true))]
       (let [[l r] (normalized-selection rloc offset length)
-            ;; TODO need to check if we are in a string (still slurp, but move end-quote)
             starting-loc (if (*tag-closing-brackets* (loc-tag l))  ;; if on closing punct, must select parent differently
                            (loc-for-offset rloc offset)
                            (if-let [nl (z/up (parse-node l))]
@@ -795,7 +794,9 @@
                 ;; TODO potentially need to re-indent the slurped-in text (if multi-line)
                 ret (-> t
                         (assoc-in [:text] (t/str-replace text replace-offset replace-length replace-text))
-                        (update-in [:modifs] conj {:offset replace-offset :length replace-length :text replace-text}))]
+                        (update-in [:modifs] conj {:offset replace-offset
+                                                   :length replace-length
+                                                   :text replace-text}))]
             ret)
           t))
       t)))
@@ -806,7 +807,6 @@
   (with-important-memoized
     (if-let [rloc (-?> parse-tree (parsed-root-loc true))]
       (let [[l r] (normalized-selection rloc offset length)
-            ;; TODO need to check if we are in a string (still slurp, but move end-quote)
             starting-loc (if (*tag-closing-brackets* (loc-tag l))  ;; if on closing punct, must select parent differently
                            (loc-for-offset rloc offset)
                            (if-let [nl (z/up (parse-node l))]
@@ -828,15 +828,9 @@
                 ;; TODO potentially need to re-indent the slurped-in text (if multi-line)
                 ret (-> t
                         (assoc-in [:text] (t/str-replace text replace-offset replace-length replace-text))
-                        (update-in [:modifs] conj {:offset replace-offset :length replace-length :text replace-text}))]
-            (printf "text-to-replace: '%s'
-replace-text: '%s'
-slurp-text: '%s'
-open-punct: '%s'"
-                      text-to-replace
-                      replace-text
-                      slurp-text
-                      open-punct)
+                        (update-in [:modifs] conj {:offset replace-offset
+                                                   :length replace-length
+                                                   :text replace-text}))]
             ret)
           t))
       t)))
@@ -845,82 +839,64 @@ open-punct: '%s'"
   :paredit-forward-barf-sexp
   [cmd {:keys #{parse-tree buffer}} {:keys [^String text offset length] :as t}]
   (with-important-memoized
-    (if-let [rloc (-?> parse-tree (parsed-root-loc true))]
-      (let [[l r] (normalized-selection rloc offset length)
-            ;; TODO need to check if we are in a string (still barf, but needs to be balanced... see orig paredit)
-            starting-loc (if (*tag-closing-brackets* (loc-tag l))  ;; if on closing punct, must select parent differently
-                           (loc-for-offset rloc offset)
-                           (if-let [nl (z/up (parse-node l))]
-                             nl l))
-            ;; TODO what does this do with single elem lists?
-            rightmost (-> starting-loc z/down z/rightmost z/left non-puncts-to-left)
-            more-non-puncts (-> (first rightmost) z/left non-puncts-to-left rest)
-            barfees (concat more-non-puncts rightmost)
+    (let [rloc (-?> parse-tree (parsed-root-loc true))
+          [l r] (when rloc
+                  (normalized-selection rloc offset length))]
+      (if (and rloc l (in-code? l))
+        (let [starting-loc (if (*tag-closing-brackets* (loc-tag l))  ;; if on closing punct, must select parent differently
+                             (loc-for-offset rloc offset)
+                             (if-let [nl (z/up (parse-node l))]
+                               nl l))
+              ;; TODO what does this do with single elem lists?
+              rightmost (-> starting-loc z/down z/rightmost z/left non-puncts-to-left)
+              more-non-puncts (-> (first rightmost) z/left non-puncts-to-left rest)
+              barfees (concat more-non-puncts rightmost)
+              barf-text (apply str (map loc-text barfees))
+              barf-start-loc (first barfees)
+              barf-so (start-offset barf-start-loc)
+              barf-eo (end-offset starting-loc)
+              text-to-replace (.substring text barf-so barf-eo)
+              close-punct (*tag-closing-brackets* (loc-tag starting-loc))
+              replace-text (str close-punct barf-text)
+              replace-length (.length text-to-replace)
+              replace-offset barf-so
+              ret (-> t
+                      (assoc-in [:text] (t/str-replace text replace-offset replace-length replace-text))
+                      (update-in [:modifs] conj {:offset replace-offset
+                                                 :length replace-length
+                                                 :text replace-text}))]
+          ret)
+        t))))
+
+(defmethod paredit
+  :paredit-backward-barf-sexp
+  [cmd {:keys #{parse-tree buffer}} {:keys [^String text offset length] :as t}]
+  ;; (with-important-memoized)
+  (let [rloc (-?> parse-tree (parsed-root-loc true))
+        [l r] (when rloc
+                (normalized-selection rloc offset length))]
+    (if (and rloc l (in-code? l))
+      (let [starting-loc (if (*tag-closing-brackets* (loc-tag l))  ;; if on closing punct, must select parent differently
+                               (loc-for-offset rloc offset)
+                               (if-let [nl (z/up (parse-node l))]
+                                 nl l))
+            lefts (-> starting-loc z/down z/leftmost z/right non-puncts-to-right)
+            leftmost (reverse lefts)
+            more-non-puncts (-> (first lefts) z/right non-puncts-to-right rest reverse)
+            barfees (concat leftmost more-non-puncts)
             barf-text (apply str (map loc-text barfees))
-            barf-start-loc (first barfees)
-            barf-so (start-offset barf-start-loc)
-            barf-eo (end-offset starting-loc)
+            barf-end-loc (first (reverse barfees))
+            barf-so (start-offset starting-loc)
+            barf-eo (end-offset barf-end-loc)
             text-to-replace (.substring text barf-so barf-eo)
-            close-punct (*tag-closing-brackets* (loc-tag starting-loc))
-            replace-text (str close-punct barf-text)
+            open-punct (*tag-opening-brackets* (loc-tag starting-loc))
+            replace-text (str barf-text open-punct)
             replace-length (.length text-to-replace)
             replace-offset barf-so
             ret (-> t
                     (assoc-in [:text] (t/str-replace text replace-offset replace-length replace-text))
-                    (update-in [:modifs] conj {:offset replace-offset :length replace-length :text replace-text}))]
-        (printf "rightmost: '%s'
-more-non-puncts: '%s'
-barfees: '%s'
-text-to-replace: '%s'
-replace-text: '%s'
-text: '%s'"
-                (apply str (map loc-text rightmost))
-                (apply str (map loc-text more-non-puncts))
-                (apply str (map loc-text barfees))
-                text-to-replace
-                replace-text
-                (:text ret))
+                    (update-in [:modifs] conj {:offset replace-offset
+                                               :length replace-length
+                                               :text replace-text}))]
         ret)
       t)))
-
-(defmethod paredit
-  :paredit-backward-barf-sexp
-  [cmd {:keys #{parse-tree buffer}} {:keys [^String text offset length] :as t}]
-  ;; (with-important-memoized)
-  (if-let [rloc (-?> parse-tree (parsed-root-loc true))]
-    (let [[l r] (normalized-selection rloc offset length)
-          ;; TODO need to check if we are in a string (still barf, but needs to be balanced... see orig paredit)
-          starting-loc (if (*tag-closing-brackets* (loc-tag l))  ;; if on closing punct, must select parent differently
-                         (loc-for-offset rloc offset)
-                         (if-let [nl (z/up (parse-node l))]
-                           nl l))
-          lefts (-> starting-loc z/down z/leftmost z/right non-puncts-to-right)
-          leftmost (reverse lefts)
-          more-non-puncts (-> (first lefts) z/right non-puncts-to-right rest reverse)
-          barfees (concat leftmost more-non-puncts)
-          barf-text (apply str (map loc-text barfees))
-          barf-end-loc (first (reverse barfees))
-          barf-so (start-offset starting-loc)
-          barf-eo (end-offset barf-end-loc)
-          text-to-replace (.substring text barf-so barf-eo)
-          open-punct (*tag-opening-brackets* (loc-tag starting-loc))
-          replace-text (str barf-text open-punct)
-          replace-length (.length text-to-replace)
-          replace-offset barf-so
-          ret (-> t
-                  (assoc-in [:text] (t/str-replace text replace-offset replace-length replace-text))
-                  (update-in [:modifs] conj {:offset replace-offset :length replace-length :text replace-text}))]
-      (printf "leftmost: '%s'
-more-non-puncts: '%s'
-barfees: '%s'
-text-to-replace: '%s'
-replace-text: '%s'
-text: '%s'"
-              (apply str (map loc-text leftmost))
-              (apply str (map loc-text more-non-puncts))
-              (apply str (map loc-text barfees))
-              text-to-replace
-              replace-text
-              (:text ret))
-      ret)
-    t))
diff --git a/src/paredit/core_commands.clj b/src/paredit/core_commands.clj
index 5b0e727..87ddde7 100644
--- a/src/paredit/core_commands.clj
+++ b/src/paredit/core_commands.clj
@@ -492,18 +492,25 @@
        "(a b ((c| d) );;a\n e f)" "(a b ((c| d) ;;a\n e) f)"
        "#{:a| :b} :c" "#{:a| :b :c}"
        "(let [a 1 b 2]|)\n(do blah)" "(let [a 1 b 2]|\n(do blah))"
-       "[[:a| :b] :c]" "[[:a| :b :c]]"}]
+       "[[:a| :b] :c]" "[[:a| :b :c]]"
+       "(foo (\"ba|r\" baz) quux zot)" "(foo (\"ba|r baz\") quux zot)"}]
      ["C-(" :paredit-backward-slurp-sexp
       {"(foo bar (baz| quux) zot)"
        "(foo (bar baz| quux) zot)"
        "(a b ((c| d)) e f)"
-       "(a (b (c| d)) e f)"}]
+       "(a (b (c| d)) e f)"
+       "(foo (baz \"ba|r\") quux zot)"
+       "(foo (\"baz ba|r\") quux zot)"}]
      ["C-}" :paredit-forward-barf-sexp
       {"(foo (bar |baz quux) zot)"
-       "(foo (bar |baz) quux zot)"}]
+       "(foo (bar |baz) quux zot)"
+       "(foo (baz \"ba|r\") quux zot)"
+       "(foo (baz \"ba|r\") quux zot)"}]
      ["C-{" :paredit-backward-barf-sexp
       {"(foo (bar baz |quux) zot)"
-       "(foo bar (baz |quux) zot)"}]]
+       "(foo bar (baz |quux) zot)"
+       "(foo (baz \"ba|r\") quux zot)"
+       "(foo (baz \"ba|r\") quux zot)"}]]