diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6afeb5a..41df349 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ If you define DEBUG you will see debug output when using pprint. This looks like
 Which is nice when proving things are parsing as you expect. 
 
 ##api
+
 	list<EdnToken> lex(string ednString)
 	
 	EdnNode read(string ednString)
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ Which is nice when proving things are parsing as you expect.
 	EdnNode handleTagged(EdnToken token, EdnNode value)
 	
 ##structs
+
 	EdnToken
 		TokenType type
 		int line
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ Which is nice when proving things are parsing as you expect.
 		list<EdnNode> values #used for collections
 		
 ##enums
+
 	TokenType
 		TokenString
 		TokenAtom
@@ -122,4 +125,4 @@ Which is nice when proving things are parsing as you expect.
 		
 		
 ##todo
-make pprint actually format as demonstrated above. Right now it is just a single string with out the indentation. 
\ No newline at end of file
+make pprint actually format as demonstrated above. Right now it is just a single string with out the indentation. 
diff --git a/edn.hpp b/edn.hpp
index 7aa2edd..3355d88 100644
--- a/edn.hpp
+++ b/edn.hpp
@@ -384,13 +384,10 @@ namespace edn {
     after.reserve(before.length() + 4); 
     
     for (string::size_type i = 0; i < before.length(); ++i) { 
-      switch (before[i]) { 
-        case '"':
-        case '\\':
+      if (before[i] == '"' || before[i] == '\\') {
           after += '\\';
-        default:
-          after += before[i];
       }
+      after += before[i];
     }
     return after;
   }