diff --git a/src/jastadd/ast/Trace.jrag b/src/jastadd/ast/Trace.jrag
index 764180120a66fa7f92835e019a0e89ab94baaed0..f23bed3060b9e327762183ec346c0d985f566d44 100644
--- a/src/jastadd/ast/Trace.jrag
+++ b/src/jastadd/ast/Trace.jrag
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ aspect Trace {
   syn String AttrDecl.traceEndAttr() = trace("end " + traceSignature());
   syn String AttrDecl.traceEndCachedAttr() = trace("end cached " + traceSignature());
 
-  syn String CollEq.getConditionNoNewline() = getCondition().replace("\n", " ");
+  syn String CollEq.getConditionStringified() = getCondition().replace("\n", " ").replace("\"", "\\\"");
 }
 
 aspect NewTrace {
diff --git a/src/template/trace/TraceHooks.tt b/src/template/trace/TraceHooks.tt
index 6d14058b227b9696cd038864de8bd97a8f6ce062..f60e76e0b70051ed9ee40cd6b1dbd447ff448e77 100644
--- a/src/template/trace/TraceHooks.tt
+++ b/src/template/trace/TraceHooks.tt
@@ -325,18 +325,18 @@ $endif
 
 CollEq.traceContributionCheckBegin [[
 $if (TraceColl)
-state().trace().contributionCheckBegin(this, "#collectionId", "#getConditionNoNewline");
+state().trace().contributionCheckBegin(this, "#collectionId", "#getConditionStringified");
 $endif
 ]]
 
 CollEq.traceContributionCheckEnd [[
 $if (TraceColl)
-state().trace().contributionCheckEnd(this, "#collectionId", "#getConditionNoNewline");
+state().trace().contributionCheckEnd(this, "#collectionId", "#getConditionStringified");
 $endif
 ]]
 
 CollEq.traceContributionCheckMatch [[
 $if (TraceColl)
-state().trace().contributionCheckMatch(this, "#collectionId", "#getConditionNoNewline", #getValue);
+state().trace().contributionCheckMatch(this, "#collectionId", "#getConditionStringified", #getValue);
 $endif
 ]]