diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f4eb970..8289f52 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 name = "json_repair"
-version = "0.36.1"
+version = "0.37.0"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 authors = [
   { name="Stefano Baccianella", email="4247706+mangiucugna@users.noreply.github.com" },
diff --git a/src/json_repair/json_parser.py b/src/json_repair/json_parser.py
index 225a8f1..ce90153 100644
--- a/src/json_repair/json_parser.py
+++ b/src/json_repair/json_parser.py
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def parse_string(self) -> Union[str, bool, None]:
             string_acc += char
             self.index += 1
             char = self.get_char_at()
-            if char and len(string_acc) > 0 and string_acc[-1] == "\\":
+            if char and string_acc[-1] == "\\":
                 # This is a special case, if people use real strings this might happen
                 self.log("Found a stray escape sequence, normalizing it")
                 if char in [rstring_delimiter, "t", "n", "r", "b", "\\"]:
@@ -646,10 +646,15 @@ def parse_string(self) -> Union[str, bool, None]:
             self.log(
                 "While parsing a string, we missed the closing quote, ignoring",
             )
+            string_acc = string_acc.rstrip()
         else:
             self.index += 1
 
-        return string_acc.rstrip()
+        if missing_quotes or (string_acc and string_acc[-1] == "\n"):
+            # Clean the whitespaces for some corner cases
+            string_acc = string_acc.rstrip()
+
+        return string_acc
 
     def parse_number(self) -> Union[float, int, str, JSONReturnType]:
         # <number> is a valid real number expressed in one of a number of given formats
@@ -661,7 +666,7 @@ def parse_number(self) -> Union[float, int, str, JSONReturnType]:
             number_str += char
             self.index += 1
             char = self.get_char_at()
-        if len(number_str) > 1 and number_str[-1] in "-eE/,":
+        if number_str and number_str[-1] in "-eE/,":
             # The number ends with a non valid character for a number/currency, rolling back one
             number_str = number_str[:-1]
             self.index -= 1
diff --git a/tests/profiler.py b/tests/profiler.py
index 2fc6caf..01af7b9 100644
--- a/tests/profiler.py
+++ b/tests/profiler.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+import sys
+import os
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
 from cProfile import Profile
 import pstats
 from pstats import SortKey, Stats
 import time
-from json_repair import repair_json
+from src.json_repair.json_repair import repair_json
 
 
 # Hack: Monkey patch pstats to change the formatting method and increase precision