diff --git a/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/ms.js b/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/ms.js
index d5b978285..27096a022 100644
--- a/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/ms.js
+++ b/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/ms.js
@@ -32,16 +32,19 @@ MathJax.Hub.Register.StartupHook("HTML-CSS Jax Ready",function () {
   MML.ms.Augment({
     toHTML: function (span) {
       span = this.HTMLhandleSize(this.HTMLcreateSpan(span));
-      var values = this.getValues("lquote","rquote");
-      var text = this.data.join("");  // FIXME:  handle mglyph?
-      this.HTMLhandleVariant(span,this.HTMLgetVariant(),values.lquote+text+values.rquote);
+      var values = this.getValues("lquote","rquote","mathvariant");
+      if (!this.hasValue("lquote") || values.lquote === '"') values.lquote = "\u201C";
+      if (!this.hasValue("rquote") || values.rquote === '"') values.rquote = "\u201D";
+      if (values.lquote === "\u201C" && values.mathvariant === "monospace") values.lquote = '"';
+      if (values.rquote === "\u201D" && values.mathvariant === "monospace") values.rquote = '"';
+      var text = values.lquote+this.data.join("")+values.rquote;  // FIXME:  handle mglyph?
+      this.HTMLhandleVariant(span,this.HTMLgetVariant(),text);
       this.HTMLhandleSpace(span);
       this.HTMLhandleColor(span);
       this.HTMLhandleDir(span);
       return span;
     }
   });
-  MML.ms.prototype.defaults.mathvariant = 'monospace';
   
   MathJax.Hub.Startup.signal.Post("HTML-CSS ms Ready");
   MathJax.Ajax.loadComplete(HTMLCSS.autoloadDir+"/ms.js");
diff --git a/unpacked/jax/output/SVG/autoload/ms.js b/unpacked/jax/output/SVG/autoload/ms.js
index cecf13cce..c08a3f5fb 100644
--- a/unpacked/jax/output/SVG/autoload/ms.js
+++ b/unpacked/jax/output/SVG/autoload/ms.js
@@ -33,17 +33,20 @@ MathJax.Hub.Register.StartupHook("SVG Jax Ready",function () {
     toSVG: function () {
       this.SVGgetStyles();
       var svg = this.SVG(); this.SVGhandleSpace(svg);
-      var values = this.getValues("lquote","rquote");
+      var values = this.getValues("lquote","rquote","mathvariant");
+      if (!this.hasValue("lquote") || values.lquote === '"') values.lquote = "\u201C";
+      if (!this.hasValue("rquote") || values.rquote === '"') values.rquote = "\u201D";
+      if (values.lquote === "\u201C" && values.mathvariant === "monospace") values.lquote = '"';
+      if (values.rquote === "\u201D" && values.mathvariant === "monospace") values.rquote = '"';
       var variant = this.SVGgetVariant(), scale = this.SVGgetScale();
-      var text = this.data.join("");  // FIXME:  handle mglyph?
-      svg.Add(this.SVGhandleVariant(variant,scale,values.lquote+text+values.rquote));
+      var text = values.lquote+this.data.join("")+values.rquote;  // FIXME:  handle mglyph?
+      svg.Add(this.SVGhandleVariant(variant,scale,text));
       svg.Clean();
       this.SVGhandleColor(svg);
       this.SVGsaveData(svg);
       return svg;
     }
   });
-  MML.ms.prototype.defaults.mathvariant = 'monospace';
   
   MathJax.Hub.Startup.signal.Post("SVG ms Ready");
   MathJax.Ajax.loadComplete(SVG.autoloadDir+"/ms.js");