diff --git a/rc/filetype/fish.kak b/rc/filetype/fish.kak
index 89c6c8f3..6fd34c4d 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/fish.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/fish.kak
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ provide-module fish %{
 add-highlighter shared/fish regions
 add-highlighter shared/fish/code default-region group
 add-highlighter shared/fish/double_string region '"' (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"  group
-add-highlighter shared/fish/single_string region "'" "'"              fill string
+add-highlighter shared/fish/single_string region "'" (?<!\\)(\\\\)*'  fill string
 add-highlighter shared/fish/comment       region '#' '$'              fill comment
 
 add-highlighter shared/fish/double_string/ fill string