diff --git a/config.test.mjs b/config.test.mjs
index d123232..2678f8e 100644
--- a/config.test.mjs
+++ b/config.test.mjs
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ import { test } from 'node:test'
 import * as assert from 'node:assert'
 import { getConfigPath } from './config.mjs'
 
-test('test getConfigPath()', async () => {
+test('getConfigPath()', async () => {
     assert.ok((await getConfigPath(false)).endsWith('/.npmrc'))
 })
diff --git a/nrmrc.mjs b/nrmrc.mjs
index 977a6e7..76535a3 100644
--- a/nrmrc.mjs
+++ b/nrmrc.mjs
@@ -47,18 +47,20 @@ export async function readNrmrc() {
 /**
  * @param {string} name
  */
-function encodeName(name) {
-    const s = JSON.stringify(name).slice(1, -1)
-    if (name === s) return name
-    return `"${s}"`
+export function encodeName(name) {
+    if (name.length > 1 && name.startsWith('"') && name.endsWith('"')) {
+        return `"${name.replaceAll('"', String.raw`\"`)}"`
+    } else {
+        return name
+    }
 }
 
 /**
  * @param {string} name
  */
-function decodeName(name) {
-    if (name.startsWith('"') && name.endsWith('"')) {
-        return JSON.parse(name)
+export function decodeName(name) {
+    if (name.length > 1 && name.startsWith('"') && name.endsWith('"')) {
+        return name.slice(1, -1).replaceAll(String.raw`\"`, '"')
     } else {
         return name
     }
diff --git a/nrmrc.test.mjs b/nrmrc.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e394391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nrmrc.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { test } from 'node:test'
+import * as assert from 'node:assert'
+
+import { encodeName, decodeName } from './nrmrc.mjs'
+
+test('encodeName()', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(encodeName('name'), 'name')
+    assert.strictEqual(encodeName('"'), '"')
+    assert.strictEqual(encodeName(`"[`), String.raw`"[`)
+    assert.strictEqual(encodeName(`""`), String.raw`"\"\""`)
+})
+
+test('decodeName()', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(decodeName('name'), 'name')
+    assert.strictEqual(decodeName('"'), '"')
+    assert.strictEqual(decodeName(String.raw`"[`), `"[`)
+    assert.strictEqual(decodeName(String.raw`"["`), '[')
+    assert.strictEqual(decodeName(String.raw`"\"["`), '"[')
+    assert.strictEqual(decodeName(String.raw`"\"\""`), '""')
+})
diff --git a/registry.test.mjs b/registry.test.mjs
index a6dc345..9bc4ccf 100644
--- a/registry.test.mjs
+++ b/registry.test.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as assert from 'node:assert'
 import { Readable } from 'node:stream'
 import { getRegistryFromStream } from './registry.mjs'
 
-test('test getRegistryFromStream()', async () => {
+test('getRegistryFromStream()', async () => {
     assert.deepStrictEqual(
         await getRegistryFromStream(Readable.from('')),
         undefined