diff --git a/Foundation/src/Var.cpp b/Foundation/src/Var.cpp
index ed95c0696..e29aa29d4 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/Var.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/Var.cpp
@@ -606,7 +606,6 @@ std::string Var::parseJSONString(const std::string& val, std::string::size_type&
 					result += val[pos];
 					break;
 				}
-				break;
 			}
 			else
 			{
diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/VarTest.cpp b/Foundation/testsuite/src/VarTest.cpp
index f54989e5d..3fe0db8cf 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/VarTest.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/VarTest.cpp
@@ -2622,6 +2622,10 @@ void VarTest::testJSONDeserializeString()
 	tst = "{ \"a\" : \"1\", \"b\" : \"2\"\n}";
 	a = Var::parse(tst);
 	assertTrue (a.toString() == "{ \"a\" : \"1\", \"b\" : \"2\" }");
+
+	tst = "{ \"message\" : \"escape\\b\\f\\n\\r\\t\", \"path\" : \"\\/dev\\/null\" }";
+	a = Var::parse(tst);
+	assertTrue(a.toString() == "{ \"message\" : \"escape\\b\\f\\n\\r\\t\", \"path\" : \"\\/dev\\/null\" }");
 }