diff --git a/editors/code/src/languages/syntaxes/tolk.tmLanguage.json b/editors/code/src/languages/syntaxes/tolk.tmLanguage.json
index 1fbd3305..7a14627f 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/languages/syntaxes/tolk.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/editors/code/src/languages/syntaxes/tolk.tmLanguage.json
@@ -13,10 +13,27 @@
             "begin": "/\\*",
             "end": "\\*/"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "string.quoted.triple",
+            "begin": "\"\"\"",
+            "end": "\"\"\"",
+            "patterns": [
+                {
+                    "name": "constant.character.escape",
+                    "match": "\\\\."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "name": "string.quoted.double",
             "begin": "\"",
-            "end": "\""
+            "end": "\"",
+            "patterns": [
+                {
+                    "name": "constant.character.escape",
+                    "match": "\\\\."
+                }
+            ]
         },
         {
             "name": "constant.numeric",
diff --git a/editors/code/src/languages/tolk-language-configuration.json b/editors/code/src/languages/tolk-language-configuration.json
index cf47123f..a244da69 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/languages/tolk-language-configuration.json
+++ b/editors/code/src/languages/tolk-language-configuration.json
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
         ["{", "}"],
         ["[", "]"],
         ["(", ")"],
+        ["\"\"\"", "\"\"\""],
         ["\"", "\""]
     ],
     "surroundingPairs": [
         ["{", "}"],
         ["[", "]"],
         ["(", ")"],
+        ["\"\"\"", "\"\"\""],
         ["\"", "\""]
     ],
     "onEnterRules": [