diff --git a/language/ahk.tmLanguage.yaml b/language/ahk.tmLanguage.yaml
index 30463a2c..1066d9aa 100644
--- a/language/ahk.tmLanguage.yaml
+++ b/language/ahk.tmLanguage.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ repository:
             name: entity.name.function.label.ahk
           '2':
             name: punctuation.definition.equals.colon
-        match: ^\s*(.+)(::)
+        match: ^\s*([^\"]+)(::)
         name: hotkeyline.ahk
         example: '^c::'
   function-call:
diff --git a/src/test/suite/grammar/samples/54-double-colon-in-string.ahk b/src/test/suite/grammar/samples/54-double-colon-in-string.ahk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6133872e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/suite/grammar/samples/54-double-colon-in-string.ahk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+;[#54 in AHK+](https://github.com/vscode-autohotkey/autohotkey-plus/issues/54)
+Hotstring("::ykhis", "you know how it is")
+Hotstring(":C:OOS", "out-of::-spec")
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diff --git a/src/test/suite/grammar/samples/54-double-colon-in-string.ahk.snap b/src/test/suite/grammar/samples/54-double-colon-in-string.ahk.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e74e8bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/suite/grammar/samples/54-double-colon-in-string.ahk.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+>;[#54 in AHK+](https://github.com/vscode-autohotkey/autohotkey-plus/issues/54)
+#^ source.ahk comment.line.semicolon.ahk punctuation.definition.comment.ahk
+# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ source.ahk comment.line.semicolon.ahk
+>Hotstring("::ykhis", "you know how it is")
+#^^^^^^^^^ source.ahk entity.name.function.ahk
+#         ^ source.ahk punctuation.bracket.ahk
+#          ^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk punctuation.definition.string.begin.ahk
+#           ^^^^^^^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk
+#                  ^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk punctuation.definition.string.end.ahk
+#                   ^ source.ahk punctuation.ahk
+#                    ^ source.ahk
+#                     ^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk punctuation.definition.string.begin.ahk
+#                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk
+#                                        ^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk punctuation.definition.string.end.ahk
+#                                         ^ source.ahk punctuation.bracket.ahk
+>Hotstring(":C:OOS", "out-of::-spec")
+#^^^^^^^^^ source.ahk entity.name.function.ahk
+#         ^ source.ahk punctuation.bracket.ahk
+#          ^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk punctuation.definition.string.begin.ahk
+#           ^^^^^^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk
+#                 ^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk punctuation.definition.string.end.ahk
+#                  ^ source.ahk punctuation.ahk
+#                   ^ source.ahk
+#                    ^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk punctuation.definition.string.begin.ahk
+#                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk
+#                                  ^ source.ahk string.quoted.double.ahk punctuation.definition.string.end.ahk
+#                                   ^ source.ahk punctuation.bracket.ahk
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