diff --git a/core/convenience.js b/core/convenience.js
index b69a2e7d..11b1b00e 100644
--- a/core/convenience.js
+++ b/core/convenience.js
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@
     }
     var a = str.replace(/^\{|\}$/g, '').split(/,/), out={}, i, m;
     for (i=0; i<a.length; i++) {
-      if (!(m=a[i].match(/^([a-z][a-z0-9]*):(?:(\d+)|"([a-z0-9+\/%*_.@=\-]*)")$/i))) {
+      if (!(m=a[i].match(/^(?:(["']?)([a-z][a-z0-9]*)\1):(?:(\d+)|"([a-z0-9+\/%*_.@=\-]*)")$/i))) {
         throw new sjcl.exception.invalid("json decode: this isn't json!");
       }
-      if (m[2]) {
-        out[m[1]] = parseInt(m[2],10);
+      if (m[3]) {
+        out[m[2]] = parseInt(m[3],10);
       } else {
-        out[m[1]] = m[1].match(/^(ct|salt|iv)$/) ? sjcl.codec.base64.toBits(m[3]) : unescape(m[3]);
+        out[m[2]] = m[2].match(/^(ct|salt|iv)$/) ? sjcl.codec.base64.toBits(m[4]) : unescape(m[4]);
       }
     }
     return out;
diff --git a/sjcl.js b/sjcl.js
index 2324d527..4e33ae0a 100644
--- a/sjcl.js
+++ b/sjcl.js
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ sjcl.json={defaults:{v:1,iter:1E3,ks:128,ts:64,mode:"ccm",adata:"",cipher:"aes"}
 4)throw new sjcl.exception.invalid("json encrypt: invalid parameters");if(typeof a==="string"){c=sjcl.misc.cachedPbkdf2(a,f);a=c.key.slice(0,f.ks/32);f.salt=c.salt}if(typeof b==="string")b=sjcl.codec.utf8String.toBits(b);c=new sjcl.cipher[f.cipher](a);e.c(d,f);d.key=a;f.ct=sjcl.mode[f.mode].encrypt(c,b,f.iv,f.adata,f.ts);return e.encode(e.V(f,e.defaults))},decrypt:function(a,b,c,d){c=c||{};d=d||{};var e=sjcl.json;b=e.c(e.c(e.c({},e.defaults),e.decode(b)),c,true);if(typeof b.salt==="string")b.salt=
 sjcl.codec.base64.toBits(b.salt);if(typeof b.iv==="string")b.iv=sjcl.codec.base64.toBits(b.iv);if(!sjcl.mode[b.mode]||!sjcl.cipher[b.cipher]||typeof a==="string"&&b.iter<=100||b.ts!==64&&b.ts!==96&&b.ts!==128||b.ks!==128&&b.ks!==192&&b.ks!==0x100||!b.iv||b.iv.length<2||b.iv.length>4)throw new sjcl.exception.invalid("json decrypt: invalid parameters");if(typeof a==="string"){c=sjcl.misc.cachedPbkdf2(a,b);a=c.key.slice(0,b.ks/32);b.salt=c.salt}c=new sjcl.cipher[b.cipher](a);c=sjcl.mode[b.mode].decrypt(c,
 b.ct,b.iv,b.adata,b.ts);e.c(d,b);d.key=a;return sjcl.codec.utf8String.fromBits(c)},encode:function(a){var b,c="{",d="";for(b in a)if(a.hasOwnProperty(b)){if(!b.match(/^[a-z0-9]+$/i))throw new sjcl.exception.invalid("json encode: invalid property name");c+=d+'"'+b+'":';d=",";switch(typeof a[b]){case "number":case "boolean":c+=a[b];break;case "string":c+='"'+escape(a[b])+'"';break;case "object":c+='"'+sjcl.codec.base64.fromBits(a[b],1)+'"';break;default:throw new sjcl.exception.bug("json encode: unsupported type");
-}}return c+"}"},decode:function(a){a=a.replace(/\s/g,"");if(!a.match(/^\{.*\}$/))throw new sjcl.exception.invalid("json decode: this isn't json!");a=a.replace(/^\{|\}$/g,"").split(/,/);var b={},c,d;for(c=0;c<a.length;c++){if(!(d=a[c].match(/^([a-z][a-z0-9]*):(?:(\d+)|"([a-z0-9+\/%*_.@=\-]*)")$/i)))throw new sjcl.exception.invalid("json decode: this isn't json!");b[d[1]]=d[2]?parseInt(d[2],10):d[1].match(/^(ct|salt|iv)$/)?sjcl.codec.base64.toBits(d[3]):unescape(d[3])}return b},c:function(a,b,c){if(a===
-undefined)a={};if(b===undefined)return a;var d;for(d in b)if(b.hasOwnProperty(d)){if(c&&a[d]!==undefined&&a[d]!==b[d])throw new sjcl.exception.invalid("required parameter overridden");a[d]=b[d]}return a},V:function(a,b){var c={},d;for(d in a)if(a.hasOwnProperty(d)&&a[d]!==b[d])c[d]=a[d];return c},W:function(a,b){var c={},d;for(d=0;d<b.length;d++)if(a[b[d]]!==undefined)c[b[d]]=a[b[d]];return c}};sjcl.encrypt=sjcl.json.encrypt;sjcl.decrypt=sjcl.json.decrypt;sjcl.misc.S={};
+}}return c+"}"},decode:function(a){a=a.replace(/\s/g,"");if(!a.match(/^\{.*\}$/))throw new sjcl.exception.invalid("json decode: this isn't json!");a=a.replace(/^\{|\}$/g,"").split(/,/);var b={},c,d;for(c=0;c<a.length;c++){if(!(d=a[c].match(/^(?:(["']?)([a-z][a-z0-9]*)\1):(?:(\d+)|"([a-z0-9+\/%*_.@=\-]*)")$/i)))throw new sjcl.exception.invalid("json decode: this isn't json!");b[d[2]]=d[3]?parseInt(d[3],10):d[2].match(/^(ct|salt|iv)$/)?sjcl.codec.base64.toBits(d[4]):unescape(d[4])}return b},c:function(a,
+b,c){if(a===undefined)a={};if(b===undefined)return a;var d;for(d in b)if(b.hasOwnProperty(d)){if(c&&a[d]!==undefined&&a[d]!==b[d])throw new sjcl.exception.invalid("required parameter overridden");a[d]=b[d]}return a},V:function(a,b){var c={},d;for(d in a)if(a.hasOwnProperty(d)&&a[d]!==b[d])c[d]=a[d];return c},W:function(a,b){var c={},d;for(d=0;d<b.length;d++)if(a[b[d]]!==undefined)c[b[d]]=a[b[d]];return c}};sjcl.encrypt=sjcl.json.encrypt;sjcl.decrypt=sjcl.json.decrypt;sjcl.misc.S={};
 sjcl.misc.cachedPbkdf2=function(a,b){var c=sjcl.misc.S,d;b=b||{};d=b.iter||1E3;c=c[a]=c[a]||{};d=c[d]=c[d]||{firstSalt:b.salt&&b.salt.length?b.salt.slice(0):sjcl.random.randomWords(2,0)};c=b.salt===undefined?d.firstSalt:b.salt;d[c]=d[c]||sjcl.misc.pbkdf2(a,c,b.iter);return{key:d[c].slice(0),salt:c.slice(0)}};