diff --git a/ccmeta.leg b/ccmeta.leg
index 2967300..2ed9dac 100644
--- a/ccmeta.leg
+++ b/ccmeta.leg
@@ -2303,11 +2303,11 @@ meta_postfix  = i:meta_value
                 ) *                                                         { $$ = i }
 
 meta_paramList  = META_LPAREN  m:meta_makeMap
-                  ( i:META_IDENT                { map_append(m, i) }
-                  ( META_COMMA i:META_IDENT     { map_append(m, i) }
+                  ( i:META_IDENT                  { map_append(m, i) }
+                  ( META_COMMA i:META_IDENT       { map_append(m, i) }
                   ) *
                   ) ?
-                  META_RPAREN                   { $$ = m }
+                  META_RPAREN                     { $$ = m }
 
 meta_argumentList = META_LPAREN  m:meta_makeMap
                     ( e:meta_exp                  { map_append(m, e) }
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ meta_argumentList = META_LPAREN  m:meta_makeMap
 
 
 
-meta_value    =   META_BACKTICK - m:meta2c_statement                        { $$ = m }
+meta_value    =   META_BACKTICK - m:meta2c_expr                             { $$ = m }
               |   n:META_FLOAT                                              { $$ = newFloat(n) }
               |   n:meta_integer                                            { $$ = newInteger(n) }
               |   s:meta_string                                             { $$ = newString(s) }
@@ -2329,15 +2329,20 @@ meta_value    =   META_BACKTICK - m:meta2c_statement                        { $$
               |   p:meta_paramList e:meta_block                             { $$ = newFunc(null, p, e, null) }
               |   META_LPAREN ( i:meta_block | i:meta_exp ) META_RPAREN     { $$ = i }
 
-meta2c_statement = m:meta2c_expr     { $$ = m }
+meta2c_statement = m:meta2c_expr     { $$ = m    }
                  | 'statement'       { $$ = null }
 
-meta2c_expr      = m:meta2c_constant { $$ = m  }
+meta2c_expr      = m:meta2c_constant { $$ = m    }
                  | 'expression'      { $$ = null }
 
 meta2c_constant  = 'constant' -  m:meta2c_value { $$ = m  }
 
-meta2c_value     = m:meta_makeMap { map_set(m, intern("__proto__"), intern("Token"))  }  < [0-9]+ > { map_set(m, intern("text"),  makeString(unescape(yytext)))  } { $$ = newMap(m) }
+meta2c_value     = m:meta_makeMap
+                     (  < [0-9]+ >  { map_set(m, intern("__proto__"), intern("C_int"))     } { map_set(m, intern("text"),  makeString(unescape(yytext)))  } { $$ = newMap(m) }
+                     |  s:meta2c_string   { map_set(m, intern("__proto__"), intern("C_string"))  } { map_set(m, intern("text"),  s ) } { $$ = newMap(m) }
+                     )
+
+meta2c_string =   META_DQUOTE < (!META_DQUOTE meta_char)* > META_DQUOTE {$$ = makeString(unescape(yytext)) }
 
 meta_string   =   s:META_STRING -              { $$ = s }
 
diff --git a/tests-parsimony/002.c b/tests-parsimony/002.c
index 0f40d3e..b48741d 100644
--- a/tests-parsimony/002.c
+++ b/tests-parsimony/002.c
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 int q = @(`constant 10);
 
 int w = @(a);
+
+char *text=@(`constant "text");