diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/syntax.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/syntax.ts
index abb521b02e5..f347c4699b6 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/syntax.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/syntax.ts
@@ -239,9 +239,19 @@ export const lokiGrammar: Grammar = {
       },
     },
   ],
+  quote: {
+    pattern: /"(?:\\.|[^\\"])*"/,
+    alias: 'string',
+    greedy: true,
+  },
+  backticks: {
+    pattern: /`(?:\\.|[^\\`])*`/,
+    alias: 'string',
+    greedy: true,
+  },
   number: /\b-?\d+((\.\d*)?([eE][+-]?\d+)?)?\b/,
   operator: /\s?(\|[=~]?|!=?|<(?:=>?|<|>)?|>[>=]?)\s?/i,
-  punctuation: /[{}()`,.]/,
+  punctuation: /[{}(),.]/,
 };
 
 export default lokiGrammar;