diff --git a/src/compiler.rs b/src/compiler.rs
index 3abfcef..4e07655 100644
--- a/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/src/compiler.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ fn unescape(s: &str) -> String {
         .replace("\\\"", "\"")
         .replace("\\\'", "\'")
         .replace("\\\\", "\\")
+        .replace("0", "\0")
 }
 
 static BIN_OP_NAMES: LazyLock<HashMap<TokenKind, &'static str>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index f9723c7..de0e0a4 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const NUMBER_START_CHARS: &str = "0123456789";
 const NUMBER_CHARS: &str = "0123456789.";
 const NUMBER_HEX_CHARS: &str = "0123456789ABCDEFabcdef";
 const STRING_START_CHARS: &str = "'\"";
-const STRING_ESCAPES: &str = "nrt\\\"'";
+const STRING_ESCAPES: &str = "nrt\\\"'0";
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Lexer