diff --git a/source/eaxhla.l b/source/eaxhla.l
index 1e96021..b2a9fe2 100644
--- a/source/eaxhla.l
+++ b/source/eaxhla.l
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ library        { BEGIN INITIAL; return END_LIBRARY; }
 \\r   { string_literal_buffer_append_char('\r'); }
 \\t   { string_literal_buffer_append_char('\t'); }
 \\v   { string_literal_buffer_append_char('\v'); }
+\\0   { string_literal_buffer_append_char('\0'); }
 \\\"  { string_literal_buffer_append_char('\"'); }
 \\\\  { string_literal_buffer_append_char('\\'); }
 \\x({hex}|{uhex})+  {
@@ -244,6 +245,13 @@ library        { BEGIN INITIAL; return END_LIBRARY; }
         memcpy(string_literal_buffer + string_litral_buffer_size, &v, sizeof(long));
         string_litral_buffer_size += sizeof(long);
 }
+\n    {
+        issue_error("string was never terminated");
+        yylval.blobval.data = strdup("");
+        yylval.blobval.len  = 0;
+        string_litral_buffer_size = 0;
+        return ARRAY_LITERAL;
+      }
 .     { string_literal_buffer_append_char(yytext[0]); }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/CMDTEST_eaxhla.rb b/test/CMDTEST_eaxhla.rb
index b59a9ff..4db06c5 100644
--- a/test/CMDTEST_eaxhla.rb
+++ b/test/CMDTEST_eaxhla.rb
@@ -92,6 +92,20 @@ class CMDTEST_error_batch < Cmdtest::Testcase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_cut_string
+    create_file "input.eax", <<-HEREDOC
+      program main
+          u8 <> kek = "asd
+      begin
+      end program
+    HEREDOC
+
+    cmd "eaxhla input.eax" do
+      stderr_equal /.+\n(.|\n)+/m
+      exit_status 1
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_multi_error
     create_file "input.eax", <<-HEREDOC
       program main
@@ -128,6 +142,7 @@ class CMDTEST_warning_batch < Cmdtest::Testcase
     ignore_file $default_output_file
 
     cmd "eaxhla input.eax" do
+      created_files "a.out"
       stderr_equal /.+/
     end
   end
@@ -139,6 +154,7 @@ class CMDTEST_warning_batch < Cmdtest::Testcase
     ignore_file $default_output_file
 
     cmd "eaxhla input.eax" do
+      created_files "a.out"
       stderr_equal /.+/
     end
   end