diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/JavaLexer.g4 b/java/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/JavaLexer.g4
index 13adc7dc9..a4f65f892 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/JavaLexer.g4
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/JavaLexer.g4
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ BOOL_LITERAL:       'true'
 CHAR_LITERAL:       '\'' (~['\\\r\n] | EscapeSequence) '\'';
 
 STRING_LITERAL:     '"' (~["\\\r\n] | EscapeSequence)* '"';
-MULTI_STRING_LIT:   '"""' (~[\\] | EscapeSequence)* '"""';
+MULTI_STRING_LIT:   '"""' (~[\\] | EscapeSequence)*? '"""';
 
 NULL_LITERAL:       'null';
 // Separators
diff --git a/java/test/processing/mode/java/ParserTests.java b/java/test/processing/mode/java/ParserTests.java
index 11a7eee38..7a17a3d81 100644
--- a/java/test/processing/mode/java/ParserTests.java
+++ b/java/test/processing/mode/java/ParserTests.java
@@ -421,8 +421,18 @@ public class ParserTests {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testMultlineString() {
+  public void testMultilineString() {
     expectGood("multilinestr");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testMultilineStringClass() {
+    expectGood("multilinestrclass");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMultiMultilineString() {
+    expectGood("multimultilinestr");
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/java/test/resources/multilinestrclass.expected b/java/test/resources/multilinestrclass.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a5a8093d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/test/resources/multilinestrclass.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import processing.core.*;
+import processing.data.*;
+import processing.event.*;
+import processing.opengl.*;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class multilinestrclass extends PApplet {
+
+class TestClass {
+  final String testMultiline1 = "\nline1 \"\nline 2 \"\"\nline  3\nline   4";
+
+   public String getStr() {
+    return testMultiline1;
+  }
+}
+
+
+ public void setup() {
+  TestClass test = new TestClass();
+  println(test.getStr());
+}
+
+ public void draw() {
+}
+
+
+    static public void main(String[] passedArgs) {
+        String[] appletArgs = new String[] { "multilinestrclass" };
+        if (passedArgs != null) {
+            PApplet.main(concat(appletArgs, passedArgs));
+        } else {
+            PApplet.main(appletArgs);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/test/resources/multilinestrclass.pde b/java/test/resources/multilinestrclass.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8e83e840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/test/resources/multilinestrclass.pde
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+class TestClass {
+  final String testMultiline1 = """
+line1 "
+line 2 ""
+line  3
+line   4""";
+
+  String getStr() {
+    return testMultiline1;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void setup() {
+  TestClass test = new TestClass();
+  println(test.getStr());
+}
+
+void draw() {
+}
diff --git a/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.expected b/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df0d8e41f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import processing.core.*;
+import processing.data.*;
+import processing.event.*;
+import processing.opengl.*;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class multimultilinestr extends PApplet {
+
+    public void setup() {
+String testMultiline1 = "\nline1 \"\nline 2 \"\"\nline  3\nline   4";
+final String testMultiline2 = "\nline5 \"\nline 6 \"\"\nline  7\nline   8";
+
+println(testMultiline1);
+println(testMultiline2);
+
+        noLoop();
+    }
+
+    static public void main(String[] passedArgs) {
+        String[] appletArgs = new String[] { "multimultilinestr" };
+        if (passedArgs != null) {
+            PApplet.main(concat(appletArgs, passedArgs));
+        } else {
+            PApplet.main(appletArgs);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.pde b/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e4274663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/test/resources/multimultilinestr.pde
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+String testMultiline1 = """
+line1 "
+line 2 ""
+line  3
+line   4""";
+
+final String testMultiline2 = """
+line5 "
+line 6 ""
+line  7
+line   8""";
+
+println(testMultiline1);
+println(testMultiline2);