diff --git a/misc/fuel/fuel-syntax.el b/misc/fuel/fuel-syntax.el
index b6409b2fea..31e79b7c4a 100644
--- a/misc/fuel/fuel-syntax.el
+++ b/misc/fuel/fuel-syntax.el
@@ -240,20 +240,19 @@
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\r " " table)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\  " " table)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\n " " table)
-    (modify-syntax-entry ?\( "()" table)
-    (modify-syntax-entry ?\) ")(" table)
     table))
 
 (defconst fuel-syntax--syntactic-keywords
-  `(;; CHARs:
-    ("\\(CHAR:\\|POSTPONE:\\|\\\\\\) \\(.\\)\\( \\|$\\)" (2 "w"))
-    ;; Comments:
+  `(;; Comments
     ("\\_<\\(#?!\\) .*\\(\n\\|$\\)" (1 "<") (2 ">"))
     ("\\_<\\(#?!\\)\\(\n\\|$\\)" (1 "<") (2 ">"))
-    ;; Strings
+    ;; Strings and chars
+    ("CHAR: \\(\"\\) [^\\\"]*?\\(\"\\)\\([^\\\"]\\|\\\\.\\)*?\\(\"\\)"
+     (1 "w") (2 "\"") (4 "\""))
+    ("\\(CHAR:\\|POSTPONE:\\|\\\\\\) \\(.\\)\\( \\|$\\)" (2 "w"))
     ("\\( \\|^\\)\\(DLL\\|P\\|SBUF\\)\\(\"\\)\\([^\n\r\f\\\"]\\|\\\\.\\)*?\\(\"\\)"
      (3 "\"") (5 "\""))
-    ("\\(\"\\)\\([^\n\r\f\\\"]\\|\\\\.\\)*?\\(\"\\)" (1 "\"") (3 "\""))
+    ("\\_<\\(\"\\)\\([^\n\r\f\\\"]\\|\\\\.\\)*?\\(\"\\)" (1 "\"") (3 "\""))
     ("\\_<<\\(\"\\)\\_>" (1 "<b"))
     ("\\_<\\(\"\\)>\\_>" (1 ">b"))
     ;; Multiline constructs
@@ -277,6 +276,8 @@
     ;; Parenthesis:
     ("\\_<\\((\\)\\_>" (1 "()"))
     ("\\_<\\()\\)\\_>" (1 ")("))
+    ("\\_<(\\((\\)\\_>" (1 "()"))
+    ("\\_<\\()\\))\\_>" (1 ")("))
     ;; Quotations:
     ("\\_<'\\(\\[\\)\\_>" (1 "(]"))      ; fried
     ("\\_<\\(\\[\\)\\_>" (1 "(]"))