diff --git a/language-configuration.json b/language-configuration.json
index a7938ec..7902ced 100644
--- a/language-configuration.json
+++ b/language-configuration.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 		}
 	},
 	"indentationRules": {
-		"increaseIndentPattern": "\\{",
-		"decreaseIndentPattern": "^\\s*\\}"
+		"increaseIndentPattern": "{",
+		"decreaseIndentPattern": "\\s+}\\$"
 	},
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 16bda2a..1646534 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "hblang",
-	"version": "0.2.5",
+	"version": "0.2.7",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "hblang",
-			"version": "0.2.5",
+			"version": "0.2.7",
 			"devDependencies": {
 				"@types/vscode": "^1.75.0",
 				"os-browserify": "^0.3.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c1dff77..619e93d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 	},
 	"publisher": "koniifer",
 	"displayName": "hblang",
-	"description": "Syntax highlighter and formatter for holey-bytes lang",
-	"version": "0.2.6",
+	"description": "Syntax, formatting, and linting for holey-bytes lang",
+	"version": "0.2.7",
 	"engines": {
 		"vscode": "^1.75.0"
 	},
diff --git a/syntaxes/hblang.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/hblang.tmLanguage.json
index bc76229..847b30a 100644
--- a/syntaxes/hblang.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/hblang.tmLanguage.json
@@ -102,10 +102,17 @@
 					"patterns": [
 						{
 							"name": "constant.character.escape.hblang",
-							"match": "\\\\(?:[\"'\\\\bfnrt]|[{\\[]\\w+[}\\]]|[a-zA-Z])"
-						},
+							"match": "\\\\."
+						}
+					]
+				},
+				{
+					"name": "string.quoted.single.hblang",
+					"begin": "'",
+					"end": "'",
+					"patterns": [
 						{
-							"name": "invalid.illegal.escaped.hblang",
+							"name": "constant.character.escape.hblang",
 							"match": "\\\\."
 						}
 					]
@@ -220,8 +227,8 @@
 			"patterns": [
 				{
 					"name": "meta.array.initialization.hblang",
-					"begin": "\\.\\(|{",
-					"end": "\\)|}",
+					"begin": "\\.\\[",
+					"end": "\\]",
 					"patterns": [
 						{
 							"include": "#all"