diff --git a/base.php b/base.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/base.php
+++ b/base.php
@@ -1487,7 +1487,9 @@ class Base extends Prefab implements ArrayAccess {
 							$val=ltrim($val);
 							if (preg_match('/^\w+$/i',$val) && defined($val))
 								return constant($val);
-							return preg_replace('/\\\\\h*(\r?\n)/','\1',$val);
+							return preg_replace(
+								array('/\\\\"/','/\\\\\h*(\r?\n)/'),
+								array('"','\1'),$val);
 						},
 						// Mark quoted strings with 0x00 whitespace
 						str_getcsv(preg_replace('/(?<!\\\\)(")(.*?)\1/',
Bug fix: Double quotes in lexicon files (Issue #<I>)