diff --git a/parson.c b/parson.c
index 04d2f18..fd1b51c 100644
--- a/parson.c
+++ b/parson.c
@@ -972,13 +972,13 @@ JSON_Value * json_value_init_array(void) {
 }
 
 JSON_Value * json_value_init_string(const char *string) {
-    char *processed_copy = NULL;
+    char *copy = NULL;
     if (string == NULL)
         return NULL;
-    processed_copy = process_string(string, strlen(string));
-    if (processed_copy == NULL)
+    copy = parson_strdup(string);
+    if (copy == NULL)
         return NULL;
-    return json_value_init_string_no_copy(processed_copy);
+    return json_value_init_string_no_copy(copy);
 }
 
 JSON_Value * json_value_init_number(double number) {
diff --git a/tests.c b/tests.c
index 227e08b..0b47732 100644
--- a/tests.c
+++ b/tests.c
@@ -264,9 +264,10 @@ void test_suite_5(void) {
     TEST(json_object_dotset_string(obj, "favorites.sport", "running") == JSONSuccess);
     TEST(json_object_dotset_string(obj, "favorites.fruit", "apple") == JSONSuccess);
     TEST(json_object_dotremove(obj, "favorites.fruit") == JSONSuccess);
-    TEST(json_object_set_string(obj, "utf string", "\\u006corem\\u0020ipsum") == JSONSuccess);
+    TEST(json_object_set_string(obj, "utf string", "lorem ipsum") == JSONSuccess);
     TEST(json_object_set_string(obj, "utf-8 string", "あいうえお") == JSONSuccess);
-    TEST(json_object_set_string(obj, "surrogate string", "lorem\\uD834\\uDD1Eipsum\\uD834\\uDF67lorem") == JSONSuccess);
+    TEST(json_object_set_string(obj, "surrogate string", "lorem𝄞ipsum𝍧lorem") == JSONSuccess);
+    TEST(json_object_set_string(obj, "windows path", "C:\\Windows\\Path") == JSONSuccess);
     TEST(json_value_equals(val_from_file, val));
     
     TEST(json_object_set_string(obj, NULL, "") == JSONFailure);
diff --git a/tests/test_5.txt b/tests/test_5.txt
index 6e71331..fc71450 100644
--- a/tests/test_5.txt
+++ b/tests/test_5.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
   },
   "utf string" : "\u006corem\u0020ipsum",
   "utf-8 string": "あいうえお",
-  "surrogate string": "lorem\uD834\uDD1Eipsum\uD834\uDF67lorem"
+  "surrogate string": "lorem\uD834\uDD1Eipsum\uD834\uDF67lorem",
+  "windows path": "C:\\Windows\\Path"
 }
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