diff --git a/extensions/lua/languages/lua/config.toml b/extensions/lua/languages/lua/config.toml
index 6c3aee09ea..7ec8ef2f03 100644
--- a/extensions/lua/languages/lua/config.toml
+++ b/extensions/lua/languages/lua/config.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ brackets = [
     { start = "[", end = "]", close = true, newline = true },
     { start = "(", end = ")", close = true, newline = true },
     { start = "\"", end = "\"", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["string"] },
-    { start = "'", end = "'", close = false, newline = false, not_in = ["string"] },
+    { start = "'", end = "'", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["string"] },
 ]
 collapsed_placeholder = "--[ ... ]--"
diff --git a/extensions/lua/languages/lua/highlights.scm b/extensions/lua/languages/lua/highlights.scm
index 98e2c2eaff..7b0b8364ea 100644
--- a/extensions/lua/languages/lua/highlights.scm
+++ b/extensions/lua/languages/lua/highlights.scm
@@ -196,3 +196,4 @@
 (number) @number
 
 (string) @string
+(escape_sequence) @string.escape