diff --git a/src/app/components/generator/McdocRenderer.tsx b/src/app/components/generator/McdocRenderer.tsx
index 241ed984..075b19e4 100644
--- a/src/app/components/generator/McdocRenderer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/generator/McdocRenderer.tsx
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ function StringHead({ type, optional, node, makeEdit, ctx }: Props<StringType>)
 			if ((newValue.length === 0 && optional) || (isSelect && newValue === SPECIAL_UNSET)) {
 				return undefined
 			}
+			const valueMap = [{ inner: core.Range.create(0), outer: core.Range.create(range.start) }]
+			const source = new core.Source(JSON.stringify(newValue), valueMap)
+			const string = core.string(json.parser.JsonStringOptions)(source, ctx)
 			return {
+				...string,
 				type: 'json:string',
-				range,
-				options: json.parser.JsonStringOptions,
-				value: newValue,
-				valueMap: [{ inner: core.Range.create(0), outer: core.Range.create(range.start) }],
 			}
 		})
 	}, [optional, node, makeEdit, isSelect])
diff --git a/src/app/services/Spyglass.ts b/src/app/services/Spyglass.ts
index a9f5b628..7160bf19 100644
--- a/src/app/services/Spyglass.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/Spyglass.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { McmetaSummary } from '@spyglassmc/java-edition/lib/dependency/inde
 import { Fluids, ReleaseVersion, symbolRegistrar } from '@spyglassmc/java-edition/lib/dependency/index.js'
 import * as jeJson from '@spyglassmc/java-edition/lib/json/index.js'
 import * as jeMcf from '@spyglassmc/java-edition/lib/mcfunction/index.js'
-import type { JsonFileNode } from '@spyglassmc/json'
+import type { JsonFileNode, JsonStringNode } from '@spyglassmc/json'
 import * as json from '@spyglassmc/json'
 import { localize } from '@spyglassmc/locales'
 import * as mcdoc from '@spyglassmc/mcdoc'
@@ -322,9 +322,13 @@ const initialize: core.ProjectInitializer = async (ctx) => {
 	jeMcf.initialize(ctx, summary.commands, release)
 	nbt.initialize(ctx)
 
+	// Until spyglass registers these correctly
 	meta.registerFormatter<JsonFileNode>('json:file', (node, ctx) => {
 		return ctx.meta.getFormatter(node.children[0].type)(node.children[0], ctx)
 	})
+	meta.registerFormatter<JsonStringNode>('json:string', (node) => {
+		return JSON.stringify(node.value)
+	})
 
 	return { loadedVersion: release }
 }