diff --git a/plugins/prism-highlight/shortcodes/PrismShortcode.php b/plugins/prism-highlight/shortcodes/PrismShortcode.php
index e888b79..a27cb9d 100644
--- a/plugins/prism-highlight/shortcodes/PrismShortcode.php
+++ b/plugins/prism-highlight/shortcodes/PrismShortcode.php
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ class PrismShortcode extends Shortcode
             $cl_continuation = $sc->getParameter('cl-continuation');
 
             // work around \\ not being passed along as \
-            if ($cl_continuation == '\\\\')
-                $cl_continuation = '\\';
+            //if ($cl_continuation == '\\\\')
+            //    $cl_continuation = '\\';
 
             return $this->twig->processTemplate('shortcodes/prism-highlight.html.twig', [
                 'content' => trim($content),
diff --git a/plugins/prism-highlight/templates/shortcodes/prism-highlight.html.twig b/plugins/prism-highlight/templates/shortcodes/prism-highlight.html.twig
index 0dee6f0..a065372 100644
--- a/plugins/prism-highlight/templates/shortcodes/prism-highlight.html.twig
+++ b/plugins/prism-highlight/templates/shortcodes/prism-highlight.html.twig
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
     {% if cl_prompt %}data-prompt="{{ cl_prompt }}"{% endif %}
     {% if ln_start %}data-start="{{ ln_start }}"{% endif %}
     {% if highlight_lines %}data-line=" {{ highlight_lines }}"{% endif %}
-    {% if cl_continuation %}data-continuation-str="{{ cl_continuation }}"{% endif %}
+    {% if cl_continuation %}data-continuation-str="{{ cl_continuation|raw }}"{% endif %}
 ><code>{{- content|e('html') -}}</code></pre>
 </div>