diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing.rs
index 673fe8f..0d00048 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing.rs
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ impl Parser {
         self.token_handler.next();
         Pattern::Literal(PatternLiteral::BoolPattern(false))
       },
-      StrLiteral(s) => {
+      StrLiteral { s, .. } => {
         self.token_handler.next();
         Pattern::Literal(PatternLiteral::StringPattern(s))
       },
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ impl Parser {
         let id = self.id_store.fresh();
         Ok(Expression::new(id, BoolLiteral(false)))
       },
-      StrLiteral(s) => {
+      StrLiteral {s, ..} => {
         self.token_handler.next();
         let id = self.id_store.fresh();
         Ok(Expression::new(id, StringLiteral(s.clone())))
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/tokenizing.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/tokenizing.rs
index 75c54f4..edf5123 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/tokenizing.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/tokenizing.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ pub enum TokenKind {
 
   Operator(Rc<String>),
   DigitGroup(Rc<String>), HexLiteral(Rc<String>), BinNumberSigil,
-  StrLiteral(Rc<String>),
+  StrLiteral {
+    s: Rc<String>,
+    prefix: Option<Rc<String>>
+  },
   Identifier(Rc<String>),
   Keyword(Kw),
 
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for TokenKind {
       &Operator(ref s) => write!(f, "Operator({})", **s),
       &DigitGroup(ref s) => write!(f, "DigitGroup({})", s),
       &HexLiteral(ref s) => write!(f, "HexLiteral({})", s),
-      &StrLiteral(ref s) => write!(f, "StrLiteral({})", s),
+      &StrLiteral {ref s, .. } => write!(f, "StrLiteral({})", s),
       &Identifier(ref s) => write!(f, "Identifier({})", s),
       &Error(ref s) => write!(f, "Error({})", s),
       other => write!(f, "{:?}", other),
@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ pub fn tokenize(input: &str) -> Vec<Token> {
       '(' => LParen, ')' => RParen,
       '{' => LCurlyBrace, '}' => RCurlyBrace,
       '[' => LSquareBracket, ']' => RSquareBracket,
-      '"' => handle_quote(&mut input),
+      '"' => handle_quote(&mut input, None),
       '\\' => Backslash,
       c if c.is_digit(10) => handle_digit(c, &mut input),
       c if c.is_alphabetic() || c == '_' => handle_alphabetic(c, &mut input),
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ fn handle_digit(c: char, input: &mut Peekable<impl Iterator<Item=CharData>>) ->
   }
 }
 
-fn handle_quote(input: &mut Peekable<impl Iterator<Item=CharData>>) -> TokenKind {
+fn handle_quote(input: &mut Peekable<impl Iterator<Item=CharData>>, quote_prefix: Option<&str>) -> TokenKind {
   let mut buf = String::new();
   loop {
     match input.next().map(|(_, _, c)| { c }) {
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@ fn handle_quote(input: &mut Peekable<impl Iterator<Item=CharData>>) -> TokenKind
       None => return TokenKind::Error(format!("Unclosed string")),
     }
   }
-  TokenKind::StrLiteral(Rc::new(buf))
+  TokenKind::StrLiteral { s: Rc::new(buf), prefix: quote_prefix.map(|s| Rc::new(s.to_string())) }
 }
 
 fn handle_alphabetic(c: char, input: &mut Peekable<impl Iterator<Item=CharData>>) -> TokenKind {
@@ -225,6 +228,10 @@ fn handle_alphabetic(c: char, input: &mut Peekable<impl Iterator<Item=CharData>>
 
   loop {
     match input.peek().map(|&(_, _, c)| { c }) {
+      Some(c) if c == '"' => {
+        input.next();
+        return handle_quote(input, Some(&buf));
+      },
       Some(c) if c.is_alphanumeric() || c == '_' => {
         input.next();
         buf.push(c);
@@ -325,4 +332,13 @@ mod schala_tokenizer_tests {
     let token_kinds: Vec<TokenKind> = tokenize("1 `plus` 2").into_iter().map(move |t| t.kind).collect();
     assert_eq!(token_kinds, vec![digit!("1"), op!("plus"), digit!("2")]);
   }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn string_literals() {
+    let token_kinds: Vec<TokenKind> = tokenize(r#""some string""#).into_iter().map(move |t| t.kind).collect();
+    assert_eq!(token_kinds, vec![StrLiteral { s: Rc::new("some string".to_string()), prefix: None }]);
+
+    let token_kinds: Vec<TokenKind> = tokenize(r#"b"some bytestring""#).into_iter().map(move |t| t.kind).collect();
+    assert_eq!(token_kinds, vec![StrLiteral { s: Rc::new("some bytestring".to_string()), prefix: Some(Rc::new("b".to_string())) }]);
+  }
 }