diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/lexer/lexer.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/lexer/lexer.rs
index fc1148c1750..3006ccdc5db 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/lexer/lexer.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/lexer/lexer.rs
@@ -468,12 +468,8 @@ impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
         let peek1 = self.peek_char().unwrap_or('X');
         let peek2 = self.peek2_char().unwrap_or('X');
         match (peek1, peek2) {
-            ('#', '#') | ('#', '"') | ('"', _) => {
-                self.eat_raw_string()
-            }
-            _ => {
-                self.eat_alpha_numeric('r')
-            }
+            ('#', '#') | ('#', '"') | ('"', _) => self.eat_raw_string(),
+            _ => self.eat_alpha_numeric('r'),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser.rs
index e223a2d7e2d..ec480734b77 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser.rs
@@ -2562,7 +2562,11 @@ mod test {
             Case { source: r##" r#"\\"# "##, expect: r##"r#"\\"#"##, errors: 0 },
             Case { source: r##" r#"\\\"# "##, expect: r##"r#"\\\"#"##, errors: 0 },
             // escape sequence
-            Case { source: r##" r#"\t\n\\t\\n\\\t\\\n\\\\"# "##, expect: r##"r#"\t\n\\t\\n\\\t\\\n\\\\"#"##, errors: 0 },
+            Case {
+                source: r##" r#"\t\n\\t\\n\\\t\\\n\\\\"# "##,
+                expect: r##"r#"\t\n\\t\\n\\\t\\\n\\\\"#"##,
+                errors: 0,
+            },
             Case { source: r##" r#"\\\\\\\\"# "##, expect: r##"r#"\\\\\\\\"#"##, errors: 0 },
             // mismatch - errors:
             Case { source: r###" r#"foo"## "###, expect: r###"r#"foo"#"###, errors: 1 },
@@ -2573,7 +2577,7 @@ mod test {
             // empty string
             Case { source: r####"r"""####, expect: r####"r"""####, errors: 0 },
             Case { source: r####"r###""###"####, expect: r####"r###""###"####, errors: 0 },
-            // miscelanneous
+            // miscellaneous
             Case { source: r###" r#\"foo\"# "###, expect: "plain::r", errors: 2 },
             Case { source: r###" r\"foo\" "###, expect: "plain::r", errors: 1 },
             Case { source: r###" r##"foo"# "###, expect: "(none)", errors: 2 },
@@ -2602,7 +2606,11 @@ mod test {
             Case { source: r##" r#"\\"# "##, expect: r##"r#"\\"#"##, errors: 0 },
             Case { source: r##" r#"\\\"# "##, expect: r##"r#"\\\"#"##, errors: 0 },
             // escape sequence
-            Case { source: r##" r#"\t\n\\t\\n\\\t\\\n\\\\"# "##, expect: r##"r#"\t\n\\t\\n\\\t\\\n\\\\"#"##, errors: 0 },
+            Case {
+                source: r##" r#"\t\n\\t\\n\\\t\\\n\\\\"# "##,
+                expect: r##"r#"\t\n\\t\\n\\\t\\\n\\\\"#"##,
+                errors: 0,
+            },
             Case { source: r##" r#"\\\\\\\\"# "##, expect: r##"r#"\\\\\\\\"#"##, errors: 0 },
             // mismatch - errors:
             Case { source: r###" r#"foo"## "###, expect: r###"r#"foo"#"###, errors: 1 },
diff --git a/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/compile_failure/raw_string_huge/src/main.nr b/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/compile_failure/raw_string_huge/src/main.nr
index eb00c723afe..7bca9942e7a 100644
--- a/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/compile_failure/raw_string_huge/src/main.nr
+++ b/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/compile_failure/raw_string_huge/src/main.nr
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 fn main() {
+    // Fails because of too many hashes for raw string (256+ hashes)
     let _a = r##############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################"hello"##############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################;
 }
diff --git a/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/compile_success_empty/raw_string/Nargo.toml b/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/compile_success_empty/raw_string/Nargo.toml
index 7a15bd803c0..81147e65f34 100644
--- a/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/compile_success_empty/raw_string/Nargo.toml
+++ b/tooling/nargo_cli/tests/compile_success_empty/raw_string/Nargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "unit"
+name = "raw_string"
 type = "bin"
 authors = [""]
 
diff --git a/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/rewrite/expr.rs b/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/rewrite/expr.rs
index 4d7279815df..e9a511921ef 100644
--- a/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/rewrite/expr.rs
+++ b/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/rewrite/expr.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub(crate) fn rewrite(
             format_parens(None, visitor.fork(), shape, exprs.len() == 1, exprs, span, false)
         }
         ExpressionKind::Literal(literal) => match literal {
-            Literal::Integer(_) | Literal::Bool(_) | Literal::Str(_) | Literal::FmtStr(_) => {
+            Literal::Integer(_) | Literal::Bool(_) | Literal::Str(_) | Literal::RawStr(..) | Literal::FmtStr(_) => {
                 visitor.slice(span).to_string()
             }
             Literal::Array(ArrayLiteral::Repeated { repeated_element, length }) => {