diff --git a/src/lib/utils/domUtils.test.ts b/src/lib/utils/domUtils.test.ts
index bcb84443..0c45004d 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/domUtils.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/domUtils.test.ts
@@ -45,12 +45,15 @@ describe('domUtils', () => {
 
       strictEqual(escapeValue('greeting'), 'greeting')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('hello\nworld'), 'hello\nworld')
+      strictEqual(escapeValue('hello\\nworld'), 'hello\\nworld')
+      strictEqual(escapeValue('back\\slash'), 'back\\slash')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('😀'), '😀')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('\ud83d\ude00'), '\ud83d\ude00')
 
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('greeting'), 'greeting')
-      strictEqual(escapeValue('hello\nworld'), 'hello\nworld')
-      strictEqual(escapeValue('hello\\nworld'), 'hello\\nworld')
+      strictEqual(unescapeValue('hello\nworld'), 'hello\nworld')
+      strictEqual(unescapeValue('hello\\nworld'), 'hello\\nworld')
+      strictEqual(unescapeValue('back\\slash'), 'back\\slash')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('😀'), '😀')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('\ud83d\ude00'), '\ud83d\ude00')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('\\ud83d\\ude00'), '\\ud83d\\ude00')
@@ -64,11 +67,13 @@ describe('domUtils', () => {
 
       strictEqual(escapeValue('greeting'), 'greeting')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('hello\nworld'), 'hello\\nworld')
+      strictEqual(escapeValue('back\\slash'), 'back\\\\slash')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('😀'), '😀')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('\ud83d\ude00'), '\ud83d\ude00')
 
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('greeting'), 'greeting')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('hello\\nworld'), 'hello\nworld')
+      strictEqual(unescapeValue('back\\\\slash'), 'back\\slash')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('\\ud83d\\ude00'), '\\ud83d\\ude00')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('\ud83d\ude00'), '\ud83d\ude00')
     })
@@ -81,11 +86,13 @@ describe('domUtils', () => {
 
       strictEqual(escapeValue('greeting'), 'greeting')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('hello\nworld'), 'hello\nworld')
+      strictEqual(escapeValue('back\\slash'), 'back\\slash')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('😀'), '\\ud83d\\ude00')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('\ud83d\ude00'), '\\ud83d\\ude00')
 
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('greeting'), 'greeting')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('hello\\nworld'), 'hello\\nworld')
+      strictEqual(unescapeValue('back\\\\slash'), 'back\\\\slash')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('\\ud83d\\ude00'), '😀')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('\ud83d\ude00'), '\ud83d\ude00')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('\\ud83d\\ude00'), '\ud83d\ude00')
@@ -99,11 +106,13 @@ describe('domUtils', () => {
 
       strictEqual(escapeValue('greeting'), 'greeting')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('hello\nworld'), 'hello\\nworld')
+      strictEqual(escapeValue('back\\slash'), 'back\\\\slash')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('😀'), '\\ud83d\\ude00')
       strictEqual(escapeValue('\ud83d\ude00'), '\\ud83d\\ude00')
 
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('greeting'), 'greeting')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('hello\\nworld'), 'hello\nworld')
+      strictEqual(unescapeValue('back\\\\slash'), 'back\\slash')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('\\ud83d\\ude00'), '😀')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('\ud83d\ude00'), '\ud83d\ude00')
       strictEqual(unescapeValue('\\ud83d\\ude00'), '\ud83d\ude00')
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/domUtils.ts b/src/lib/utils/domUtils.ts
index e71608da..8b69ef51 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/domUtils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/domUtils.ts
@@ -77,26 +77,33 @@ export function jsonUnescapeUnicode(value) {
 }
 
 const controlCharacters = {
+  '\\': '\\\\',
+  // escaped forward slash '\/' is the same as '/', we can't escape/unescape it
   '\b': '\\b',
   '\f': '\\f',
   '\n': '\\n',
   '\r': '\\r',
   '\t': '\\t'
+  // unicode is handled separately
 }
 
 const escapedControlCharacters = {
+  '\\\\': '\\',
+  // escaped forward slash '\/' is the same as '/', we can't escape/unescape it
+  '\\/': '/',
   '\\b': '\b',
   '\\f': '\f',
   '\\n': '\n',
   '\\r': '\r',
   '\\t': '\t'
+  // unicode is handled separately
 }
 
 /**
  * @param {string} value
  */
 export function jsonEscapeControl(value) {
-  return value.replace(/[\b\f\n\r\t]/g, (x) => {
+  return value.replace(/[\b\f\n\r\t\\]/g, (x) => {
     return controlCharacters[x] || x
   })
 }
@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ export function jsonEscapeControl(value) {
  * @param {string} value
  */
 export function jsonUnescapeControl(value) {
-  return value.replace(/\\[bfnrt]/g, (x) => {
+  return value.replace(/\\[bfnrt\\]/g, (x) => {
     return escapedControlCharacters[x] || x
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/development.svelte b/src/routes/development.svelte
index 124c9da8..0c157645 100644
--- a/src/routes/development.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/development.svelte
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
   "stringContainingNumber": "1234",
   "multi\\nline    text": "Hello\\nWorld    text",
   "tab": "Hello\\tTab",
+  "backslash": "back\\\\slash",
+  "forwardslash": "forward\\/slash",
+  "quote": "quote\\"",
   "timestamp": 1534952749890,
   "url": "https://jsoneditoronline.org",
   "array": [