diff --git a/www/assert/hyperjson.js b/www/assert/hyperjson.js
index 90edb0616..9a363bb79 100644
--- a/www/assert/hyperjson.js
+++ b/www/assert/hyperjson.js
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ define([], function () {
                     return callOnHyperJSON(child, cb);
                 } else if (typeof (child) === 'string') {
                     // string nodes have leading and trailing quotes
-                    return child.replace(/(^"|"$)/g,"");
+                    // don't strip them!
+                    return child; //child.replace(/(^"|"$)/g,"");
                 } else {
                     // the above branches should cover all methods
                     // if we hit this, there is a problem
diff --git a/www/assert/index.html b/www/assert/index.html
index 68c995f68..e271750f5 100644
--- a/www/assert/index.html
+++ b/www/assert/index.html
@@ -32,12 +32,17 @@
 <!-- put in weird HTML that might cause problems -->
 <div id="target"><p class=" alice bob charlie has.dot" id="bang">pewpewpew</p></div>
 
+<h2>Test 1</h2>
+<h3>paragraph text</h3>
+<!-- -->
+<div id="quot"><p>"pewpewpew"</p></div>
+
 <hr>
 
 <h2>Test 2</h2>
 <h3>XWiki Macros</h3>
 
 <!-- Can we serialize XWiki Macros? -->
-<div id="widget"><div data-cke-widget-id="0" tabindex="-1" data-cke-widget-wrapper="1" data-cke-filter="off" class="cke_widget_wrapper cke_widget_block" data-cke-display-name="macro:velocity" contenteditable="false"><div class="macro cke_widget_element" data-macro="startmacro:velocity|-||-|Here is a macro" data-cke-widget-data="%7B%22classes%22%3A%7B%22macro%22%3A1%7D%7D" data-cke-widget-upcasted="1" data-cke-widget-keep-attr="0" data-widget="xwiki-macro"><p>Here is a macro</p></div><span style='background: rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5) url("/common/cryptofist.png") repeat scroll 0% 0%; top: -15px; left: 0px; display: block;' class="cke_reset cke_widget_drag_handler_container"><img title="Click and drag to move" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-cke-widget-drag-handler="1" class="cke_reset cke_widget_drag_handler" height="15" width="15"></span></div></div>
+<div id="widget"><div data-cke-widget-id="0" tabindex="-1" data-cke-widget-wrapper="1" data-cke-filter="off" class="cke_widget_wrapper cke_widget_block" data-cke-display-name="macro:velocity" contenteditable="false"><div class="macro cke_widget_element" data-macro="startmacro:velocity|-||-|Here is a macro" data-cke-widget-data="%7B%22classes%22%3A%7B%22macro%22%3A1%7D%7D" data-cke-widget-upcasted="1" data-cke-widget-keep-attr="0" data-widget="xwiki-macro"><p>Here is a macro</p></div><span style='background: rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5) url("/customize/cryptofist_small.png") repeat scroll 0% 0%; top: -15px; left: 0px; display: block;' class="cke_reset cke_widget_drag_handler_container"><img title="Click and drag to move" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-cke-widget-drag-handler="1" class="cke_reset cke_widget_drag_handler" height="15" width="15"></span></div></div>
 
 <hr>
diff --git a/www/assert/main.js b/www/assert/main.js
index 0ffea44e6..c215cf28e 100644
--- a/www/assert/main.js
+++ b/www/assert/main.js
@@ -46,14 +46,15 @@ define([
             var success = cloned.outerHTML === target.outerHTML;
 
             if (!success) {
+                var op = TextPatcher.diff(target.outerHTML, cloned.outerHTML);
                 window.DEBUG = {
                     error: "Expected equality between A and B",
                     A: target.outerHTML,
                     B: cloned.outerHTML,
-                    target: target,
-                    diff: TextPatcher.diff(target.outerHTML, cloned.outerHTML)
+                    diff: op
                 };
                 console.log(JSON.stringify(window.DEBUG, null, 2));
+                TextPatcher.log(op);
             }
 
             return success;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ define([
 
     [   '#target',
         '#widget',
+        '#quot',
     ].forEach(function (sel) {
         roundTrip($(sel)[0]);
     });