diff --git a/grammar.js b/grammar.js
index c1ed37e..64eb727 100644
--- a/grammar.js
+++ b/grammar.js
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ module.exports = grammar({
         ),
         '`',
       )),
-      $.template_string_content,
+      optional($.template_string_content),
       '`'
     ),
 
@@ -1470,6 +1470,7 @@ module.exports = grammar({
         choice(
           $._template_chars,
           $.template_substitution,
+          /\s/,
           choice(
             alias('\\`', $.escape_sequence),
             $.escape_sequence,
diff --git a/test/corpus/literals.txt b/test/corpus/literals.txt
index 14f4e2c..bbf84f5 100644
--- a/test/corpus/literals.txt
+++ b/test/corpus/literals.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ Quote escaping
 Template strings
 ============================================
 
+``
+` `
+` \b`
 `one line`
 `multi
   line`
@@ -132,9 +135,13 @@ The caller should either handle this error, or expect that exit code.`
 
 anything`Hello`
 
+
 ----
 
 (source_file
+  (expression_statement (template_string))
+  (expression_statement (template_string (template_string_content)))
+  (expression_statement (template_string (template_string_content (escape_sequence))))
   (expression_statement (template_string (template_string_content)))
   (expression_statement (template_string (template_string_content)))
   (expression_statement (template_string (template_string_content)))