diff --git a/scanner.c b/scanner.c
index d73e205..34b0d6f 100644
--- a/scanner.c
+++ b/scanner.c
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ void ParseString(TokenList *list) {
         return;
     }
 
+    AdvanceScanner();
+
     char* lexeme = calloc(current - start + 1, sizeof(char));
 
     if (!lexeme) {
@@ -222,8 +224,6 @@ void ParseString(TokenList *list) {
     snprintf(lexeme, current - start, "%s", &source_code[start]);
     
     AddToTokenList(CreateToken(lexeme, lexeme, line, String), list);
-
-    AdvanceScanner(); // The closing ".
 }
 
 void ParseNumber(TokenList* list) {