diff --git a/src/Parser/Parsing/Simple/SimpleLexer.cpp b/src/Parser/Parsing/Simple/SimpleLexer.cpp
index f71608e5..f643b55c 100644
--- a/src/Parser/Parsing/Simple/SimpleLexer.cpp
+++ b/src/Parser/Parsing/Simple/SimpleLexer.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ SimpleParserValue SimpleLexer::GetNextToken()
     }
 
     if (m_config.m_read_strings && c == '\"')
-        return SimpleParserValue::String(GetPreviousCharacterPos(), new std::string(ReadString()));
+        return SimpleParserValue::String(pos, new std::string(ReadString()));
 
     if (m_config.m_read_numbers && (isdigit(c) || c == '.' && isdigit(PeekChar())))
     {