diff --git a/parser/src/tokenizer/lexer.rs b/parser/src/tokenizer/lexer.rs
index 0367ac0c87..b966d48591 100644
--- a/parser/src/tokenizer/lexer.rs
+++ b/parser/src/tokenizer/lexer.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl Token {
                         b'u' => {
                             if let Some((start, open_brace)) = iter.next() {
                                 if *open_brace == b'{' {
-                                    let mut unicode: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+                                    let mut characters: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
 
                                     while let Some((end, symbol)) = iter.next() {
                                         if end > start + 7 {
@@ -128,12 +128,14 @@ impl Token {
                                         }
 
                                         match *symbol {
-                                            0..=9 | b'a'..=b'f' | b'A'..=b'F' => unicode.push(*symbol),
+                                            0..=9 | b'a'..=b'f' | b'A'..=b'F' => characters.push(*symbol),
                                             b'}' => {
-                                                if let Ok(string) = std::str::from_utf8(&unicode[..]) {
-                                                    if let Some(character) = string.chars().next() {
-                                                        collect.push(character);
-                                                        break;
+                                                if let Ok(unicode_string) = std::str::from_utf8(&characters[..]) {
+                                                    if let Ok(hex) = u32::from_str_radix(&unicode_string, 16) {
+                                                        if let Some(unicode_char) = std::char::from_u32(hex) {
+                                                            collect.push(unicode_char);
+                                                            break;
+                                                        }
                                                     }
                                                 }
 
diff --git a/tests/expectations/parser/parser/expression/string.leo.out b/tests/expectations/parser/parser/expression/string.leo.out
index 5240d494bc..70b43b4443 100644
--- a/tests/expectations/parser/parser/expression/string.leo.out
+++ b/tests/expectations/parser/parser/expression/string.leo.out
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ outputs:
           content: "`{ ] [ ; a`"
   - Value:
       String:
-        - - a
+        - - ࿺
         - line_start: 1
           line_stop: 1
           col_start: 1
-          col_stop: 13
+          col_stop: 10
           path: test
-          content: "`\\u{afafaf}`"
+          content: "`\\u{FFA}`"
   - Value:
       String:
-        - - a
+        - - 򯫺
         - line_start: 1
           line_stop: 1
           col_start: 1
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ outputs:
           content: "`\\u{afafa}`"
   - Value:
       String:
-        - - a
+        - - 꾯
         - line_start: 1
           line_stop: 1
           col_start: 1
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ outputs:
           content: "`\\u{afaf}`"
   - Value:
       String:
-        - - a
+        - - ૺ
         - line_start: 1
           line_stop: 1
           col_start: 1
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ outputs:
           content: "`\\u{afa}`"
   - Value:
       String:
-        - - a
+        - - ¯
         - line_start: 1
           line_stop: 1
           col_start: 1
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ outputs:
           content: "`\\u{af}`"
   - Value:
       String:
-        - - a
+        - - "\n"
         - line_start: 1
           line_stop: 1
           col_start: 1
diff --git a/tests/parser/expression/string.leo b/tests/parser/expression/string.leo
index 6af1a2ed34..47f75535df 100644
--- a/tests/parser/expression/string.leo
+++ b/tests/parser/expression/string.leo
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ expectation: Pass
 
 `{ ] [ ; a`
 
-`\u{afafaf}`
+`\u{FFA}`
 `\u{afafa}`
 `\u{afaf}`
 `\u{afa}`