diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js
index 0589ee52..d194b8e7 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ var XmlHighlightRules = function(normalize) {
         string: [{
             token : "string",
             regex : "'",
-            push : "string_inner"
+            push : "qstring_inner"
         }, {
             token : "string",
             regex : '"',