diff --git a/RainParse.hs b/RainParse.hs
index 6398b5d..c92a116 100644
--- a/RainParse.hs
+++ b/RainParse.hs
@@ -180,15 +180,16 @@ stringLiteral
   where
     testToken (L.TokStringLiteral str) = Just str
     testToken _ = Nothing
-    replaceEscapes :: String -> String
-    replaceEscapes [] = []
-    replaceEscapes ('\\':(c:cs)) = if c == 'n' then ('\n':replaceEscapes cs) else (c:replaceEscapes cs)
-    replaceEscapes (c:cs) = (c:replaceEscapes cs)
+
+replaceEscapes :: String -> String
+replaceEscapes [] = []
+replaceEscapes ('\\':(c:cs)) = if c == 'n' then ('\n':replaceEscapes cs) else (c:replaceEscapes cs)
+replaceEscapes (c:cs) = (c:replaceEscapes cs)
 
 literalCharacter :: RainParser A.LiteralRepr
 literalCharacter
     =   do (m,c) <- getToken testToken
-           return $ A.ByteLiteral m c
+           return $ A.ByteLiteral m (replaceEscapes c)
   where
     testToken (L.TokCharLiteral c) = Just c
     testToken _ = Nothing
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ integerLiteral = do {i <- integer ; return $ A.Literal (findMeta i) A.Int i}
 
 literal :: RainParser A.Expression
 literal = do {(lr, dim) <- stringLiteral ; return $ A.Literal (findMeta lr) (A.Array [dim] A.Byte) lr }
+          <|> do {c <- literalCharacter ; return $ A.Literal (findMeta c) A.Byte c}
           <|> integerLiteral
           <|> do {m <- reserved "true" ; return $ A.True m}
           <|> do {m <- reserved "false" ; return $ A.False m}
diff --git a/RainParseTest.hs b/RainParseTest.hs
index 9dfd485..8c98180 100644
--- a/RainParseTest.hs
+++ b/RainParseTest.hs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ fail x = ExpFail x
 --Runs a parse test, given a tuple of: (source text, parser function, assert)
 testParsePass :: Show a => (String, RP.RainParser a , (a -> Assertion)) -> Assertion
 testParsePass (text,prod,test)
-  = do lexOut <- (L.runLexer "<test>" text)
+  = do lexOut <- (L.runLexer "<unknown-parse-test>" text)
        case lexOut of
          Left m -> assertFailure $ "Parse error in:\n" ++ text ++ "\n***at: " ++ (show m)
          Right toks -> case (runParser parser emptyState "<test>" toks) of
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ testExprs =
                                Cast (A.Chan A.DirInput nonShared $ A.UserDataType $ typeName "c") $ Var "b")
   ,failE ("?c:")
   ,failE (":?c")
+  
+  ,passE ("(48 + (uint8: src % 10)) + r",300,Dy (Dy (Lit $ intLiteral 48) A.Plus (Cast A.Byte $ Dy (Var "src") A.Rem (Lit $ intLiteral 10))) A.Plus (Var "r"))
  ]
  where
    passE :: (String,Int,ExprHelper) -> ParseTest A.Expression
@@ -214,6 +216,17 @@ testLiteral =
   ,fail ("\"\"a",RP.literal)
   ,fail ("\"\\\"",RP.literal)
   
+  --Characters:
+  
+  ,pass ("'0'", RP.literal, assertPatternMatch "testLiteral 300" $ makeLiteralCharPattern '0')
+  ,pass ("'\\''", RP.literal, assertPatternMatch "testLiteral 300" $ makeLiteralCharPattern '\'')
+  ,pass ("'\\n'", RP.literal, assertPatternMatch "testLiteral 300" $ makeLiteralCharPattern '\n')
+  ,pass ("'\\\\'", RP.literal, assertPatternMatch "testLiteral 300" $ makeLiteralCharPattern '\\')
+  ,fail ("''",RP.literal)
+  ,fail ("'",RP.literal)
+  ,fail ("'\\",RP.literal)
+  ,fail ("'ab'",RP.literal)  
+  ,fail ("'\\n\\n'",RP.literal)  
  ]
 
 testRange :: [ParseTest A.Expression]
diff --git a/TestUtil.hs b/TestUtil.hs
index 18acf85..2327ef2 100644
--- a/TestUtil.hs
+++ b/TestUtil.hs
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ makeLiteralString str = A.Literal emptyMeta (A.Array [A.Dimension (length str)]
 makeLiteralStringPattern :: String -> Pattern
 makeLiteralStringPattern = (stopCaringPattern emptyMeta) . mkPattern . makeLiteralString
 
+-- | Creates a 'Pattern' to match an 'A.Expression' instance.
+-- All meta tags are ignored
+makeLiteralCharPattern :: Char -> Pattern
+makeLiteralCharPattern c = tag3 A.Literal DontCare A.Byte (tag2 A.ByteLiteral DontCare [c])
+
 -- | Asserts a comparison using a custom comparison function.
 -- @'assertCompareCustom' msg (==) x y@ will function the same (except for slightly different messages on failure) as @'assertEqual' msg x y@.
 assertCompareCustom ::