diff --git a/components/prism-qore.js b/components/prism-qore.js
index 2fe5fa0c90..fed7349514 100644
--- a/components/prism-qore.js
+++ b/components/prism-qore.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Prism.languages.qore = Prism.languages.extend('clike', {
 	},
 	// Overridden to allow unescaped multi-line strings
 	'string': {
-		pattern: /("|')(\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|(?!\1)[^\\])*\1/,
+		pattern: /("|')(\\[\s\S]|(?!\1)[^\\])*\1/,
 		greedy: true
 	},
 	'variable': /\$(?!\d)\w+\b/,
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Prism.languages.qore = Prism.languages.extend('clike', {
 	'number': /\b(?:0b[01]+|0x[\da-f]*\.?[\da-fp\-]+|\d*\.?\d+e?\d*[df]|\d*\.?\d+)\b/i,
 	'boolean': /\b(?:true|false)\b/i,
 	'operator': {
-		pattern: /(^|[^\.])(?:\+[+=]?|-[-=]?|[!=](?:==?|~)?|>>?=?|<(?:=>?|<=?)?|&[&=]?|\|[|=]?|[*\/%^]=?|[~?])/,
+		pattern: /(^|[^.])(?:\+[+=]?|-[-=]?|[!=](?:==?|~)?|>>?=?|<(?:=>?|<=?)?|&[&=]?|\|[|=]?|[*\/%^]=?|[~?])/,
 		lookbehind: true
 	},
 	'function': /\$?\b(?!\d)\w+(?=\()/
diff --git a/components/prism-qore.min.js b/components/prism-qore.min.js
index 74810e93a8..fb70d1546b 100644
--- a/components/prism-qore.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-qore.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.qore=Prism.languages.extend("clike",{comment:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])(?:\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/|(?:\/\/|#).*)/,lookbehind:!0},string:{pattern:/("|')(\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|(?!\1)[^\\])*\1/,greedy:!0},variable:/\$(?!\d)\w+\b/,keyword:/\b(?:abstract|any|assert|binary|bool|boolean|break|byte|case|catch|char|class|code|const|continue|data|default|do|double|else|enum|extends|final|finally|float|for|goto|hash|if|implements|import|inherits|instanceof|int|interface|long|my|native|new|nothing|null|object|our|own|private|reference|rethrow|return|short|soft(?:int|float|number|bool|string|date|list)|static|strictfp|string|sub|super|switch|synchronized|this|throw|throws|transient|try|void|volatile|while)\b/,number:/\b(?:0b[01]+|0x[\da-f]*\.?[\da-fp\-]+|\d*\.?\d+e?\d*[df]|\d*\.?\d+)\b/i,"boolean":/\b(?:true|false)\b/i,operator:{pattern:/(^|[^\.])(?:\+[+=]?|-[-=]?|[!=](?:==?|~)?|>>?=?|<(?:=>?|<=?)?|&[&=]?|\|[|=]?|[*\/%^]=?|[~?])/,lookbehind:!0},"function":/\$?\b(?!\d)\w+(?=\()/});
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+Prism.languages.qore=Prism.languages.extend("clike",{comment:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])(?:\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/|(?:\/\/|#).*)/,lookbehind:!0},string:{pattern:/("|')(\\[\s\S]|(?!\1)[^\\])*\1/,greedy:!0},variable:/\$(?!\d)\w+\b/,keyword:/\b(?:abstract|any|assert|binary|bool|boolean|break|byte|case|catch|char|class|code|const|continue|data|default|do|double|else|enum|extends|final|finally|float|for|goto|hash|if|implements|import|inherits|instanceof|int|interface|long|my|native|new|nothing|null|object|our|own|private|reference|rethrow|return|short|soft(?:int|float|number|bool|string|date|list)|static|strictfp|string|sub|super|switch|synchronized|this|throw|throws|transient|try|void|volatile|while)\b/,number:/\b(?:0b[01]+|0x[\da-f]*\.?[\da-fp\-]+|\d*\.?\d+e?\d*[df]|\d*\.?\d+)\b/i,"boolean":/\b(?:true|false)\b/i,operator:{pattern:/(^|[^.])(?:\+[+=]?|-[-=]?|[!=](?:==?|~)?|>>?=?|<(?:=>?|<=?)?|&[&=]?|\|[|=]?|[*\/%^]=?|[~?])/,lookbehind:!0},"function":/\$?\b(?!\d)\w+(?=\()/});
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