diff --git a/src/parser/deimos.pest b/src/parser/deimos.pest
index 8601eb6..2022614 100644
--- a/src/parser/deimos.pest
+++ b/src/parser/deimos.pest
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ DStringInner = @{ DStringChar+ }
 DStringChar = {
       !( "\"" | "\\" | "${" ) ~ ANY
     | "\\" ~ ( "\"" | "\\" | "/" | "b" | "f" | "n" | "r" | "t" | "$" )
-    | "\\" ~ ( "u" ~ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT{4} )
+    | "\\" ~ "u" ~ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT{4}
 }
 
 DStringExpression = {
@@ -896,9 +896,9 @@ BacktickString = {
 BacktickInner = @{ BacktickStringChar+ }
 
 BacktickStringChar = {
-      !( "\\`" | "\\" | "${" ) ~ ANY
+      !( "`" | "\\" | "${" ) ~ ANY
     | "\\" ~ ( "`" | "\\" | "/" | "b" | "f" | "n" | "r" | "t" | "$" )
-    | "\\" ~ ( "u" ~ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT{4} )
+    | "\\" ~ "u" ~ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT{4}
 }
 
 BooleanLiteral = { True | False }