diff --git a/libdasc/parse/parse.go b/libdasc/parse/parse.go
index 27a87791..7d6a436b 100644
--- a/libdasc/parse/parse.go
+++ b/libdasc/parse/parse.go
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ func unquote(token Item) (string, error) {
 	case ItemBare:
 		return token.Val, nil
 	case ItemSingleQuoted:
-		return token.Val[1:len(token.Val)-1], nil
+		return strings.Replace(token.Val[1:len(token.Val)-1], "''", "'", -1),
+		       nil
 	case ItemDoubleQuoted:
 		return strconv.Unquote(token.Val)
 	default: