diff --git a/Sledge.Formats.Tests/TestStringExtensions.cs b/Sledge.Formats.Tests/TestStringExtensions.cs
index 48bfa72..cd4c73e 100644
--- a/Sledge.Formats.Tests/TestStringExtensions.cs
+++ b/Sledge.Formats.Tests/TestStringExtensions.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 
 namespace Sledge.Formats.Tests
@@ -37,5 +39,34 @@ public void TestSplitWithQuotes()
                 "\"a b\"\t\"c\"".SplitWithQuotes()
             );
         }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestSplitWithQuotes_EscapedQuotes()
+        {
+            CollectionAssert.AreEqual(
+                new[] { "Simple" }, 
+                "Simple".SplitWithQuotes()
+            );
+            CollectionAssert.AreEqual(
+                new[] { "No", "Quotes" }, 
+                "No Quotes".SplitWithQuotes()
+            );
+            CollectionAssert.AreEqual(
+                new[] { "With", "Quotes" }, 
+                @"""With"" ""Quotes""".SplitWithQuotes()
+            );
+            CollectionAssert.AreEqual(
+                new[] { "Empty", "" }, 
+                @"""Empty"" """"".SplitWithQuotes()
+            );
+            CollectionAssert.AreEqual(
+                new[] { "With", @"""Escaped"" Quotes" }, 
+                @"""With"" ""\""Escaped\"" Quotes""".SplitWithQuotes()
+            );
+            CollectionAssert.AreEqual(
+                new[] { "Json", @"{ ""Key"": ""Value"" }" }, 
+                @"""Json"" ""{ \""Key\"": \""Value\"" }""".SplitWithQuotes()
+            );
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Sledge.Formats.Tests/Valve/TestSerialisedObject.cs b/Sledge.Formats.Tests/Valve/TestSerialisedObject.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c88923e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sledge.Formats.Tests/Valve/TestSerialisedObject.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using Sledge.Formats.Valve;
+
+namespace Sledge.Formats.Tests.Valve
+{
+    [TestClass]
+    public class TestSerialisedObject
+    {
+        private static Stream Streamify(string s)
+        {
+            var ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(s));
+            ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+            return ms;
+        }
+
+        private const string Q = "\"";
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestLoadingSimple()
+        {
+            var fmt = new SerialisedObjectFormatter();
+            using var input = Streamify($@"Test
+{{
+    {Q}Key1{Q} {Q}Value1{Q}
+    {Q}Key2{Q} {Q}Value2{Q}
+}}
+");
+            var output = fmt.Deserialize(input).ToList();
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, output.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Test", output[0].Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, output[0].Children.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, output[0].Properties.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Key1", output[0].Properties[0].Key);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Key2", output[0].Properties[1].Key);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Value1", output[0].Properties[0].Value);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Value2", output[0].Properties[1].Value);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestLoadingKeyOrder()
+        {
+            var fmt = new SerialisedObjectFormatter();
+            using var input = Streamify($@"Test
+{{
+    {Q}Key{Q} {Q}1{Q}
+    {Q}Key{Q} {Q}3{Q}
+    {Q}Key{Q} {Q}2{Q}
+}}
+");
+            var output = fmt.Deserialize(input).ToList();
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, output.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Test", output[0].Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, output[0].Children.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, output[0].Properties.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Key", output[0].Properties[0].Key);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Key", output[0].Properties[1].Key);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Key", output[0].Properties[2].Key);
+            Assert.AreEqual("1", output[0].Properties[0].Value);
+            Assert.AreEqual("3", output[0].Properties[1].Value);
+            Assert.AreEqual("2", output[0].Properties[2].Value);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestLoadingChildren()
+        {
+            var fmt = new SerialisedObjectFormatter();
+            using var input = Streamify($@"Test1
+{{
+    {Q}A{Q} {Q}1{Q}
+    Test2
+    {{
+        {Q}B{Q} {Q}2{Q}
+        Test3
+        {{
+            {Q}C{Q} {Q}3{Q}
+        }}
+    }}
+    Test2
+    {{
+    }}
+    Test2
+    {{
+        {Q}D{Q} {Q}4{Q}
+    }}
+}}
+Test4
+{{
+    {Q}E{Q} {Q}5{Q}
+}}
+");
+            var output = fmt.Deserialize(input).ToList();
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, output.Count);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("Test1", output[0].Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, output[0].Children.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("A", output[0].Properties[0].Key);
+            
+            Assert.AreEqual("Test2", output[0].Children[0].Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, output[0].Children[0].Children.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, output[0].Children[0].Properties.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("B", output[0].Children[0].Properties[0].Key);
+            Assert.AreEqual("2", output[0].Children[0].Properties[0].Value);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("Test3", output[0].Children[0].Children[0].Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, output[0].Children[0].Children[0].Children.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, output[0].Children[0].Children[0].Properties.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("C", output[0].Children[0].Children[0].Properties[0].Key);
+            Assert.AreEqual("3", output[0].Children[0].Children[0].Properties[0].Value);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("Test2", output[0].Children[1].Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, output[0].Children[1].Children.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, output[0].Children[1].Properties.Count);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("Test2", output[0].Children[2].Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual("D", output[0].Children[2].Properties[0].Key);
+            Assert.AreEqual("4", output[0].Children[2].Properties[0].Value);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("Test4", output[1].Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, output[1].Children.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("E", output[1].Properties[0].Key);
+            Assert.AreEqual("5", output[1].Properties[0].Value);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestEscapedQuotes()
+        {
+            var fmt = new SerialisedObjectFormatter();
+            using var input = Streamify($@"Test
+{{
+    {Q}Key\{Q}With\{Q}Quotes{Q} {Q}Quoted\{Q}Value{Q}
+}}
+");
+            var output = fmt.Deserialize(input).ToList();
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, output.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Test", output[0].Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, output[0].Children.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, output[0].Properties.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Key\"With\"Quotes", output[0].Properties[0].Key);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Quoted\"Value", output[0].Properties[0].Value);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sledge.Formats/Sledge.Formats.csproj b/Sledge.Formats/Sledge.Formats.csproj
index 9ea8326..01e6977 100644
--- a/Sledge.Formats/Sledge.Formats.csproj
+++ b/Sledge.Formats/Sledge.Formats.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <PackageReleaseNotes>Included XML documentation</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <PackageLicenseFile></PackageLicenseFile>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
-    <Version>1.0.1</Version>
+    <Version>1.0.2</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
diff --git a/Sledge.Formats/StringExtensions.cs b/Sledge.Formats/StringExtensions.cs
index 5bce54c..9d6391d 100644
--- a/Sledge.Formats/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/Sledge.Formats/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace Sledge.Formats
 {
@@ -13,37 +14,59 @@ public static class StringExtensions
         /// <param name="line">The string to split</param>
         /// <param name="splitCharacters">The characters to split by. Defaults to space and tab characters if not specified.</param>
         /// <param name="quoteChar">The character which indicates the start or end of a quote</param>
+        /// <param name="escapeChar">The character which indicates that the next character should be escaped</param>
         /// <returns>The split result, with split characters removed</returns>
-        public static string[] SplitWithQuotes(this string line, char[] splitCharacters = null, char quoteChar = '"')
+        public static string[] SplitWithQuotes(this string line, char[] splitCharacters = null, char quoteChar = '"',
+            char escapeChar = '\\')
         {
-            if (splitCharacters == null) splitCharacters = new[] { ' ', '\t' };
+            if (splitCharacters == null) splitCharacters = new[] {' ', '\t'};
 
             var result = new List<string>();
 
-            int i;
-            for (i = 0; i < line.Length; i++)
+            char[] builder = new char[line.Length];
+            int b = 0;
+            var inQuote = false;
+            for (var i = 0; i < line.Length; i++)
             {
-                var split = line.IndexOfAny(splitCharacters, i);
-                var quote = line.IndexOf(quoteChar, i);
-
-                if (split < 0) split = line.Length;
-                if (quote < 0) quote = line.Length;
-
-                if (quote < split)
+                var c = line[i];
+                if (c == escapeChar)
+                {
+                    // Escape character, skip the next character
+                    i++;
+                    if (line.Length == i) throw new InvalidOperationException("Unexpected escape character at end of string");
+                    builder[b++] = line[i];
+                }
+                else if (c == quoteChar && !inQuote)
+                {
+                    // Quote character to begin a token
+                    if (b != 0) throw new InvalidOperationException("Unexpected quote - quotes must be at the beginning of a token");
+                    inQuote = true;
+                }
+                else if (c == quoteChar)
+                {
+                    // Quote character to end a token
+                    inQuote = false;
+                    result.Add(new string(builder, 0, b));
+                    b = 0;
+                    i++;
+                    if (line.Length < i && Array.IndexOf(splitCharacters, line[i]) < 0) throw new InvalidOperationException("Missing split character - closing quotes must complete a token");
+                }
+                else if (!inQuote && Array.IndexOf(splitCharacters, c) >= 0)
                 {
-                    if (quote > i) result.Add(line.Substring(i, quote));
-                    var nextQuote = line.IndexOf(quoteChar, quote + 1);
-                    if (nextQuote < 0) nextQuote = line.Length;
-                    result.Add(line.Substring(quote + 1, nextQuote - quote - 1));
-                    i = nextQuote;
+                    // Split character outside of quotes, split here
+                    if (b > 0) result.Add(new string(builder, 0, b));
+                    b = 0;
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    if (split > i) result.Add(line.Substring(i, split - i));
-                    i = split;
+                    builder[b++] = line[i];
                 }
             }
+
+            if (inQuote) throw new InvalidOperationException("Unclosed quote at end of string");
+            if (b > 0) result.Add(new string(builder, 0, b));
+
             return result.ToArray();
         }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/Sledge.Formats/Valve/SerialisedObjectFormatter.cs b/Sledge.Formats/Valve/SerialisedObjectFormatter.cs
index 0d693b5..432bb57 100644
--- a/Sledge.Formats/Valve/SerialisedObjectFormatter.cs
+++ b/Sledge.Formats/Valve/SerialisedObjectFormatter.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public IEnumerable<SerialisedObject> Deserialize(Stream serializationStream)
         {
             using (var reader = new StreamReader(serializationStream, Encoding.UTF8, true, 1024, true))
             {
-                return Parse(reader);
+                return Parse(reader).ToList();
             }
         }