diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/JsonFormatter.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/JsonFormatter.java
index e07b2811..34dd779e 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/JsonFormatter.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/JsonFormatter.java
@@ -25,78 +25,97 @@ public class JsonFormatter {
 
     private static final String NEW_LINE = System.getProperty("line.separator");
 
+		private static final int MODE_SINGLE = 100;
+		private static final int MODE_DOUBLE = 101;
+		private static final int MODE_ESCAPE_SINGLE = 102;
+		private static final int MODE_ESCAPE_DOUBLE = 103;
+		private static final int MODE_BETWEEN = 104;
+
     private static void appendIndent(StringBuilder sb, int count) {
         for (; count > 0; --count) sb.append(INDENT);
     }
 
-    private static boolean isEscaped(StringBuilder sb, int index) {
-        boolean escaped = false;
-        int idx = Math.min(index, sb.length());
-        try {
-            while (idx > 0 && sb.charAt(--idx) == '\\') {
-                escaped = !escaped;
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e){
-            logger.warn("Failed to check escaped ", e);
-        }
-        return escaped;
-    }
-
     public static String prettyPrint(String input) {
 
         input = input.replaceAll("[\\r\\n]", "");
 
         StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder(input.length() * 2);
-        boolean quoteOpened = false;
+				int mode = MODE_BETWEEN;
         int depth = 0;
 
         for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); ++i) {
             char ch = input.charAt(i);
 
-            switch (ch) {
-                case '{':
-                case '[':
-                    output.append(ch);
-                    if (!quoteOpened) {
-                        output.append(NEW_LINE);
-                        appendIndent(output, ++depth);
-                    }
-                    break;
-                case '}':
-                case ']':
-                    if (quoteOpened)
-                        output.append(ch);
-                    else {
-                        output.append(NEW_LINE);
-                        appendIndent(output, --depth);
-                        output.append(ch);
-                    }
-                    break;
-                case '"':
-                case '\'':
-                    output.append(ch);
-                    if (quoteOpened) {
-                        if (!isEscaped(output, i))
-                            quoteOpened = false;
-                    } else quoteOpened = true;
-                    break;
-                case ',':
-                    output.append(ch);
-                    if (!quoteOpened) {
-                        output.append(NEW_LINE);
-                        appendIndent(output, depth);
-                    }
-                    break;
-                case ':':
-                    if (quoteOpened) output.append(ch);
-                    else output.append(" : ");
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    if (quoteOpened || !(ch == ' '))
-                        output.append(ch);
-                    break;
+						switch (mode) {
+								case MODE_BETWEEN:
+										switch (ch) {
+												case '{':
+												case '[':
+														output.append(ch);
+														output.append(NEW_LINE);
+														appendIndent(output, ++depth);
+														break;
+												case '}':
+												case ']':
+														output.append(NEW_LINE);
+														appendIndent(output, --depth);
+														output.append(ch);
+														break;
+												case ',':
+														output.append(ch);
+														output.append(NEW_LINE);
+														appendIndent(output, depth);
+														break;
+												case ':':
+														output.append(" : ");
+														break;
+												case '\'':
+														output.append(ch);
+														mode = MODE_SINGLE;
+														break;
+												case '"':
+														output.append(ch);
+														mode = MODE_DOUBLE;
+														break;
+												case ' ':
+														break;
+												default:
+														output.append(ch);
+														break;
+										}
+										break;
+								case MODE_ESCAPE_SINGLE:
+										output.append(ch);
+										mode = MODE_SINGLE;
+										break;
+								case MODE_ESCAPE_DOUBLE:
+										output.append(ch);
+										mode = MODE_DOUBLE;
+										break;
+								case MODE_SINGLE:
+										output.append(ch);
+										switch (ch) {
+												case '\'':
+														mode = MODE_BETWEEN;
+														break;
+												case '\\':
+														mode = MODE_ESCAPE_SINGLE;
+														break;
+										}
+										break;
+								case MODE_DOUBLE:
+										output.append(ch);
+										switch (ch) {
+												case '"':
+														mode = MODE_BETWEEN;
+														break;
+												case '\\':
+														mode = MODE_ESCAPE_DOUBLE;
+														break;
+										}
+										break;
             }
         }
         return output.toString();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}