diff --git a/LogMonitor/LogMonitorTests/UtilityTests.cpp b/LogMonitor/LogMonitorTests/UtilityTests.cpp
index beb9efee..62e17e97 100644
--- a/LogMonitor/LogMonitorTests/UtilityTests.cpp
+++ b/LogMonitor/LogMonitorTests/UtilityTests.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ namespace UtilityTests
             expect = L"C:\\\\Drive\\\\XX";
             Utility::SanitizeJson(str);
             Assert::IsTrue(str == expect, L"should escape \\");
+
+            str = L"{\"foo\":\"bar\",\"json_in_json\":\"{\\\"key_inner\\\":\\\"value_inner\\\"}\"}";
+            expect = L"{\\\"foo\\\":\\\"bar\\\",\\\"json_in_json\\\":\\\"{\\\\\\\"key_inner\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\"value_inner\\\\\\\"}\\\"}";
+            Utility::SanitizeJson(str);
+            Assert::IsTrue(str == expect, L"should properly escape json inside json");
+
         }
     };
 }
diff --git a/LogMonitor/src/LogMonitor/JsonFileParser.cpp b/LogMonitor/src/LogMonitor/JsonFileParser.cpp
index 54f4cde0..79c59a17 100644
--- a/LogMonitor/src/LogMonitor/JsonFileParser.cpp
+++ b/LogMonitor/src/LogMonitor/JsonFileParser.cpp
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ JsonFileParser::ParseNumber()
             //
             // End of string.
             //
-            offset++;
             AdvanceBufferPointer(offset);
 
             m_doubleValue = negativeValue ? -parsedValue : parsedValue;
diff --git a/LogMonitor/src/LogMonitor/Utility.cpp b/LogMonitor/src/LogMonitor/Utility.cpp
index f5b08e34..e1471cab 100644
--- a/LogMonitor/src/LogMonitor/Utility.cpp
+++ b/LogMonitor/src/LogMonitor/Utility.cpp
@@ -265,43 +265,25 @@ bool Utility::isJsonNumber(_In_ std::wstring& str)
 ///
 void Utility::SanitizeJson(_Inout_ std::wstring& str)
 {
-    size_t i = 0;
-    while (i < str.size()) {
+    size_t num_esc = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < str.size(); i++) {
         auto sub = str.substr(i, 1);
-        if (sub == L"\"") {
-            if ((i > 0 && str.substr(i - 1, 1) != L"\\")
-                || i == 0)
-            {
-                str.replace(i, 1, L"\\\"");
-                i++;
-            }
+        if (sub == L"\"" || sub == L"\\" || sub == L"\n" || sub == L"\r") {
+            num_esc++;
         }
-        else if (sub == L"\\") {
-            if ((i < str.size() - 1 && str.substr(i + 1, 1) != L"\\")
-                || i == str.size() - 1)
-            {
-                str.replace(i, 1, L"\\\\");
-                i++;
-            }
-            else {
-                i += 2;
-            }
-        }
-        else if (sub == L"\n") {
-            if ((i > 0 && str.substr(i - 1, 1) != L"\\")
-                || i == 0)
-            {
-                str.replace(i, 1, L"\\n");
-                i++;
-            }
-        }
-        else if (sub == L"\r") {
-            if ((i > 0 && str.substr(i - 1, 1) != L"\\")
-                || i == 0)
-            {
-                str.replace(i, 1, L"\\r");
-                i++;
-            }
+    }
+
+    str.reserve(str.size() + num_esc);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < str.size(); i++) {
+        auto sub = str.substr(i, 1);
+        if (sub == L"\n") {
+            str.replace(i, 1, L"\\n");
+        } else if (sub == L"\r") {
+            str.replace(i, 1, L"\\r");
+        } else if (sub == L"\"" || sub == L"\\") {
+            str.insert(i, L"\\");
+        } else {
+            continue;
         }
         i++;
     }