diff --git a/jlox/tlox/src/main/java/xyz/ctsk/lox/nodes/expr/LoxAddNode.java b/jlox/tlox/src/main/java/xyz/ctsk/lox/nodes/expr/LoxAddNode.java
index 0994cc8..9091720 100644
--- a/jlox/tlox/src/main/java/xyz/ctsk/lox/nodes/expr/LoxAddNode.java
+++ b/jlox/tlox/src/main/java/xyz/ctsk/lox/nodes/expr/LoxAddNode.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package xyz.ctsk.lox.nodes.expr;
 
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.Fallback;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.Specialization;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.strings.TruffleString;
 import xyz.ctsk.lox.runtime.LoxException;
 import xyz.ctsk.lox.nodes.LoxBinaryNode;
 
@@ -11,6 +12,11 @@ public abstract class LoxAddNode extends LoxBinaryNode {
         return left + right;
     }
 
+    @Specialization
+    public TruffleString add(TruffleString left, TruffleString right) {
+        return TruffleString.ConcatNode.create().execute(left, right, TruffleString.Encoding.UTF_16, false);
+    }
+
     @Fallback
     protected Object typeError(Object left, Object right) {
         throw LoxException.typeError(this, left, right);
diff --git a/jlox/tlox/src/main/java/xyz/ctsk/lox/parser/LoxNodeFactory.java b/jlox/tlox/src/main/java/xyz/ctsk/lox/parser/LoxNodeFactory.java
index 5537277..c5f4490 100644
--- a/jlox/tlox/src/main/java/xyz/ctsk/lox/parser/LoxNodeFactory.java
+++ b/jlox/tlox/src/main/java/xyz/ctsk/lox/parser/LoxNodeFactory.java
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ public class LoxNodeFactory {
     }
 
     public static LoxStringLiteralNode createStringLiteral(Token literalToken) {
-        var value = TruffleString.fromJavaStringUncached(literalToken.getText(), TruffleString.Encoding.UTF_16);
+        var text = literalToken.getText();
+        var value = TruffleString.fromJavaStringUncached(text.substring(1, text.length() - 1), TruffleString.Encoding.UTF_16);
         return new LoxStringLiteralNode(value);
     }