diff --git a/notebooks/paren_soup.clj b/notebooks/paren_soup.clj
index 75486ea4a..20f7e1c2f 100644
--- a/notebooks/paren_soup.clj
+++ b/notebooks/paren_soup.clj
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
 
 {1 [2] 3 [4]}
 
+{:a "a\nb"}
+
+[1 "a\nb"]
+
+[[1 "a\nb"]]
+
+{:a 1 :b [[3 4 "aaaa\nbbb\nccc\ndd\ne"]]}
+
+{:a 1 :b [[3 4 (apply str (cons "a\n" (repeat 80 "b")))]]}
 
 #_(nextjournal.clerk/build-static-app! {:paths ["notebooks/paren_soup.clj"]})
 #_(nextjournal.clerk/show! "notebooks/paren_soup.clj")
diff --git a/resources/viewer-js-hash b/resources/viewer-js-hash
index 91584fd85..b29244da8 100644
--- a/resources/viewer-js-hash
+++ b/resources/viewer-js-hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8GnZqWmiQN3odN9v6Rdb9ccfy2T
\ No newline at end of file
+3DEHoEomGh3QJLoJ4WjRdcbuf36v
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nextjournal/clerk/render.cljs b/src/nextjournal/clerk/render.cljs
index 0db73c39b..0259896a0 100644
--- a/src/nextjournal/clerk/render.cljs
+++ b/src/nextjournal/clerk/render.cljs
@@ -414,16 +414,15 @@
           (if (string? s) [s] s))))
 
 (defn render-quoted-string [s {:as opts :keys [path viewer !expanded-at] :or {path []}}]
-  (let [{:keys [closing-paren]} viewer]
-    [:span.cmt-string.inspected-value.inline-flex
-     [:span
+  (let [{:keys [opening-paren closing-paren]} viewer]
+    [:span.inspected-value.inline-flex
+     [:span.cmt-string
       (if (some #(and (string? %) (str/includes? % "\n")) (if (string? s) [s] s))
-        [expand-button !expanded-at "\"" path]
-        [:span "\""])]
+        [expand-button !expanded-at opening-paren path]
+        [:span opening-paren])]
      [:div
-      (viewer/->value (render-string s opts))
-      "\""
-      closing-paren]]))
+      [:span.cmt-string (viewer/->value (render-string s opts)) (first closing-paren)]
+      (when (list? closing-paren) (into [:<>] (rest closing-paren)))]]))
 
 (defn render-number [num]
   [:span.cmt-number.inspected-value
diff --git a/src/nextjournal/clerk/viewer.cljc b/src/nextjournal/clerk/viewer.cljc
index 94981ccb9..c0d71841c 100644
--- a/src/nextjournal/clerk/viewer.cljc
+++ b/src/nextjournal/clerk/viewer.cljc
@@ -659,7 +659,11 @@
   {:pred char? :render-fn '(fn [c] [:span.cmt-string.inspected-value "\\" c])})
 
 (def string-viewer
-  {:pred string? :render-fn 'nextjournal.clerk.render/render-quoted-string :page-size 80})
+  {:pred string?
+   :render-fn 'nextjournal.clerk.render/render-quoted-string
+   :opening-paren "\""
+   :closing-paren "\""
+   :page-size 80})
 
 (def number-viewer
   {:pred number? :render-fn 'nextjournal.clerk.render/render-number})