diff --git a/src/de/dhbwstuttgart/parser/SyntaxTreeGenerator/StatementGenerator.java b/src/de/dhbwstuttgart/parser/SyntaxTreeGenerator/StatementGenerator.java
index 5310d13be..aaa31f74c 100644
--- a/src/de/dhbwstuttgart/parser/SyntaxTreeGenerator/StatementGenerator.java
+++ b/src/de/dhbwstuttgart/parser/SyntaxTreeGenerator/StatementGenerator.java
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ public class StatementGenerator {
         }else if(literal.StringLiteral()!=null){
             RefType type = new RefType(reg.getName("java.lang.String"),literal.getStart());
             return new Literal(type,
-                    literal.StringLiteral().getText(),
+                    literal.StringLiteral().getText().substring(1,  literal.StringLiteral().getText().length()-1),
                     literal.getStart());
         }else  if(literal.NullLiteral() != null){
             return new Literal(TypePlaceholder.fresh(literal.getStart()), null,