diff --git a/lib/src/ast.dart b/lib/src/ast.dart
index f80f94e..8660b8b 100644
--- a/lib/src/ast.dart
+++ b/lib/src/ast.dart
@@ -31,4 +31,13 @@ class Node {
   final children = <Node>[];
 
   bool get isNumber => RegExp(r'^-?\d+$').hasMatch(value);
+
+  bool get isQuoted => value.startsWith("'");
+
+  String get unquoted => value
+      .substring(1, value.length - 1)
+      .replaceAll(r'\\', r'\')
+      .replaceAll(r"\'", r"'");
+
+  int get intValue => int.parse(value);
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/state.dart b/lib/src/state.dart
index d20fcc5..665fd9b 100644
--- a/lib/src/state.dart
+++ b/lib/src/state.dart
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Ready implements State {
   State process(Node node) {
     switch (node.value) {
       case '[':
-        return Ready(selector.then(_bracketSelector(node.children)));
+        return Ready(selector.then(brackets(node.children)));
       case '.':
         return AwaitingField(selector);
       case '..':
@@ -39,42 +39,40 @@ class Ready implements State {
     }
   }
 
-  Selector _bracketSelector(List<Node> nodes) {
-    if (nodes.length == 1) {
-      final node = nodes.single;
-      if (node.value == '*') return AllInArray();
-      if (node.isNumber) return Index(int.parse(nodes.first.value));
-      if (node.value.startsWith("'")) {
-        return Field(node.value.substring(1, node.value.length - 1));
+  Selector brackets(List<Node> nodes) {
+    if (nodes.isEmpty) throw FormatException('Empty brackets');
+    if (nodes.length == 1) return singleValueBrackets(nodes.single);
+    return multiValueBrackets(nodes);
+  }
+
+  Slice multiValueBrackets(List<Node> nodes) {
+    int first;
+    int last;
+    int step;
+    var colons = 0;
+    nodes.forEach((node) {
+      if (node.value == ':') {
+        colons++;
+        return;
       }
-    } else if (nodes.length > 1) {
-      int first;
-      int last;
-      int step;
-      var colons = 0;
-      nodes.map((_) => _.value).forEach((val) {
-//        if (nodes.length > 2 && nodes[1].value == ',') {
-//          // union. take the odd ones
-//          nodes.map((e) => e.value).where((element) => element != ',')
-//        }
-        if (val == ':') {
-          colons++;
-          return;
-        }
-        if (colons == 0) {
-          first = int.parse(val);
-          return;
-        }
-        if (colons == 1) {
-          last = int.parse(val);
-          return;
-        }
-        step = int.parse(val);
-      });
-      return Slice(first: first, last: last, step: step);
-    }
+      if (colons == 0) {
+        first = node.intValue;
+        return;
+      }
+      if (colons == 1) {
+        last = node.intValue;
+        return;
+      }
+      step = node.intValue;
+    });
+    return Slice(first: first, last: last, step: step);
+  }
 
-    throw StateError('Unexpected bracket expression');
+  Selector singleValueBrackets(Node node) {
+    if (node.value == '*') return AllInArray();
+    if (node.isNumber) return Index(node.intValue);
+    if (node.isQuoted) return Field(node.unquoted);
+    throw FormatException('Unexpected bracket expression');
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/tokenize.dart b/lib/src/tokenize.dart
index 215ea9d..f95c452 100644
--- a/lib/src/tokenize.dart
+++ b/lib/src/tokenize.dart
@@ -1,23 +1,19 @@
 /// Parses a JSONPath expression into a list of tokens
 Iterable<String> tokenize(String expr) sync* {
   var pos = 0;
-  var insideQuotedString = false;
   while (pos < expr.length) {
     var token = '';
+    var insideQuotedString = false;
+    var escapeMode = false;
     while (pos < expr.length) {
       final char = expr[pos];
-      if (char == "'") {
+      if (char == "'" && !escapeMode) {
         insideQuotedString = !insideQuotedString;
       }
+      escapeMode = char == r'\';
       if (insideQuotedString) {
-        if (char == r'\') {
-          if (expr.length <= pos + 1) throw FormatException('Dangling escape');
-          token += expr[pos + 1];
-          pos += 2;
-        } else {
-          token += char;
-          pos += 1;
-        }
+        token += char;
+        pos += 1;
         continue;
       }
       if (_singles.contains(char)) {
diff --git a/test/json_path_test.dart b/test/json_path_test.dart
index 4621faa..4797f30 100644
--- a/test/json_path_test.dart
+++ b/test/json_path_test.dart
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ void main() {
     test('Escape single quote', () {
       final j = {r"sq'sq s\s qs\'qs": 'value'};
       final path = JsonPath(r"$['sq\'sq s\\s qs\\\'qs']");
+      expect(path.toString(), r"$['sq\'sq s\\s qs\\\'qs']");
       final select = path.select(j);
       expect(select.single.value, 'value');
       expect(select.single.path, r"$['sq\'sq s\\s qs\\\'qs']");