diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/SkriptParser.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/SkriptParser.java
index 47ee1ee9bfa..7903f385162 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/SkriptParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/SkriptParser.java
@@ -1351,11 +1351,15 @@ static int countUnescaped(final String pattern, final char c, final int start, f
 	 * @return Index of the end quote
 	 */
 	private static int nextQuote(final String s, final int from) {
+		boolean inExpression = false;
 		for (int i = from; i < s.length(); i++) {
-			if (s.charAt(i) == '"') {
+			char c = s.charAt(i);
+			if (c == '"' && !inExpression) {
 				if (i == s.length() - 1 || s.charAt(i + 1) != '"')
 					return i;
 				i++;
+			} else if (c == '%') {
+				inExpression = !inExpression;
 			}
 		}
 		return -1;
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java
index e1447363a2c..c608e0ef221 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ public static VariableString newInstance(String s) {
 	
 	/**
 	 * Tests whether a string is correctly quoted, i.e. only has doubled double quotes in it.
+	 * Singular double quotes are only allowed between percentage signs.
 	 * 
 	 * @param s The string
 	 * @param withQuotes Whether s must be surrounded by double quotes or not
@@ -156,12 +157,22 @@ public static boolean isQuotedCorrectly(String s, boolean withQuotes) {
 		if (withQuotes && (!s.startsWith("\"") || !s.endsWith("\"")))
 			return false;
 		boolean quote = false;
+		boolean percentage = false;
 		for (int i = withQuotes ? 1 : 0; i < (withQuotes ? s.length() - 1 : s.length()); i++) {
-			if (s.charAt(i) != '"') {
-				if (quote)
-					return false;
-			} else {
+			if (percentage) {
+				if (s.charAt(i) == '%')
+					percentage = false;
+				
+				continue;
+			}
+			
+			if (quote && s.charAt(i) != '"')
+				return false;
+			
+			if (s.charAt(i) == '"') {
 				quote = !quote;
+			} else if (s.charAt(i) == '%') {
+				percentage = true;
 			}
 		}
 		return !quote;
@@ -190,7 +201,7 @@ public static String unquote(String s, boolean surroundingQuotes) {
 	 */
 	@Nullable
 	public static VariableString newInstance(String orig, StringMode mode) {
-		if (!isQuotedCorrectly(orig, false))
+		if (mode != StringMode.VARIABLE_NAME && !isQuotedCorrectly(orig, false))
 			return null;
 		int n = StringUtils.count(orig, '%');
 		if (n % 2 != 0) {
@@ -199,7 +210,26 @@ public static VariableString newInstance(String orig, StringMode mode) {
 		}
 		
 		// We must not parse color codes yet, as JSON support would be broken :(
-		String s = orig.replace("\"\"", "\"");
+		String s;
+		if (mode != StringMode.VARIABLE_NAME) {
+			// Replace every double " character with a single ", except for those in expressions (between %)
+			StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+			
+			boolean expression = false;
+			for (int i = 0; i < orig.length(); i++) {
+				char c = orig.charAt(i);
+				stringBuilder.append(c);
+				
+				if (c == '%')
+					expression = !expression;
+				
+				if (!expression && c == '"')
+					i++;
+			}
+			s = stringBuilder.toString();
+		} else {
+			s = orig;
+		}
 		
 		List<Object> string = new ArrayList<>(n / 2 + 2); // List of strings and expressions
 		
@@ -275,7 +305,8 @@ public static VariableString newInstance(String orig, StringMode mode) {
 		Object[] sa = string.toArray();
 		if (string.size() == 1 && string.get(0) instanceof Expression &&
 				((Expression<?>) string.get(0)).getReturnType() == String.class &&
-				((Expression<?>) string.get(0)).isSingle()) {
+				((Expression<?>) string.get(0)).isSingle() &&
+				mode == StringMode.MESSAGE) {
 			String expr = ((Expression<?>) string.get(0)).toString(null, false);
 			Skript.warning(expr + " is already a text, so you should not put it in one (e.g. " + expr + " instead of " + "\"%" + expr.replace("\"", "\"\"") + "%\")");
 		}
@@ -680,7 +711,7 @@ public void change(Event e, @Nullable Object[] delta, ChangeMode mode) throws Un
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean getAnd() {
-		return false;
+		return true;
 	}
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/test/skript/tests/regressions/590-escaping quotes is required in some places it shouldn't be.sk b/src/test/skript/tests/regressions/590-escaping quotes is required in some places it shouldn't be.sk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8552d32207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/skript/tests/regressions/590-escaping quotes is required in some places it shouldn't be.sk	
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+function myFunction_five_nine_zero(s: string) :: string:
+	return {_s}
+
+test "double quote parsing":
+	assert "Testing" is set with "simple string failed"
+
+	assert "Testing %1 + 1%" is set with "simple string with expression failed"
+
+	assert "Testing """ is set with "simple string with escaped quote failed"
+
+	assert "Testing %length of "abc"%" is set with "string with expression with string ##1 failed"
+	assert "%myFunction_five_nine_zero("Hello")% world" is "Hello world" with "string with expression with string ##2 failed"
+
+
+	assert {_abc} is not set with "simple variable failed"
+	assert {_abc%%} is not set with "simple variable with escaped percentage sign failed"
+	assert {_abc%1 + 1%} is not set with "simple variable with expression failed"
+
+	assert {_%subtext of "test" from characters 1 to 1%} is not set with "variable with expression with string failed"
diff --git a/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/expressions/ExprEntities.sk b/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/expressions/ExprEntities.sk
index be40ab07b80..e98cad46aa3 100644
--- a/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/expressions/ExprEntities.sk
+++ b/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/expressions/ExprEntities.sk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 test "entities in chunk":
 	spawn 10 sheep at spawn of world "world"
 	wait 1 tick
-	assert size of all entities in chunk at spawn of world "world" >= 10 with "Size of all entities in spawn chunk is not > 10: %size of all entities in chunk at spawn of world ""world""%"
+	assert size of all entities in chunk at spawn of world "world" >= 10 with "Size of all entities in spawn chunk is not > 10: %size of all entities in chunk at spawn of world "world"%"
 	delete all entities in chunk at spawn of world "world"
-	assert size of all entities in chunk at spawn of world "world" = 0 with "Size of all entities in spawn chunk != 0: %size of all entities in chunk at spawn of world ""world""%"
\ No newline at end of file
+	assert size of all entities in chunk at spawn of world "world" = 0 with "Size of all entities in spawn chunk != 0: %size of all entities in chunk at spawn of world "world"%"