diff --git a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfConvert.cs b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfConvert.cs
index bb8a5bd..91f89c7 100644
--- a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfConvert.cs
+++ b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfConvert.cs
@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@ namespace Gameloop.Vdf
     public static class VdfConvert
     {
         public static string Serialize(VToken value)
+        {
+            return Serialize(value, VdfSerializerSettings.Common);
+        }
+
+        public static string Serialize(VToken value, VdfSerializerSettings settings)
         {
             if (value == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(value));
 
             StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(256);
             StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter(stringBuilder, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
-            (new VdfSerializer()).Serialize(stringWriter, value);
+            (new VdfSerializer(settings)).Serialize(stringWriter, value);
 
             return stringWriter.ToString();
         }
diff --git a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfSerializer.cs b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfSerializer.cs
index 8af95cc..41135a9 100644
--- a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfSerializer.cs
+++ b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfSerializer.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public VdfSerializer(VdfSerializerSettings settings)
 
         public void Serialize(TextWriter textWriter, VToken value)
         {
-            using (VdfWriter vdfWriter = new VdfTextWriter(textWriter))
+            using (VdfWriter vdfWriter = new VdfTextWriter(textWriter, _settings))
                 value.WriteTo(vdfWriter);
         }
 
diff --git a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfStructure.cs b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfStructure.cs
index bc77563..e3bc74b 100644
--- a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfStructure.cs
+++ b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfStructure.cs
@@ -10,5 +10,47 @@ public static class VdfStructure
         // Conditionals
         public const string ConditionalXbox360 = "$X360", ConditionalWin32 = "$WIN32";
         public const string ConditionalWindows = "$WINDOWS", ConditionalOSX = "$OSX", ConditionalLinux = "$LINUX", ConditionalPosix = "$POSIX";
+
+        // Escapes
+        private const uint EscapeMapLength = 128;
+        private static readonly bool[] EscapeExistsMap;
+        private static readonly char[] EscapeMap, UnescapeMap;
+        private static readonly char[,] EscapeConversions =
+        {
+            { '\n', 'n'  },
+            { '\t', 't'  },
+            { '\v', 'v'  },
+            { '\b', 'b'  },
+            { '\r', 'r'  },
+            { '\f', 'f'  },
+            { '\a', 'a'  },
+            { '\\', '\\' },
+            { '?' , '?'  },
+            { '\'', '\'' },
+            { '\"', '\"' }
+        };
+
+        static VdfStructure()
+        {
+            EscapeExistsMap = new bool[EscapeMapLength];
+            EscapeMap = new char[EscapeMapLength];
+            UnescapeMap = new char[EscapeMapLength];
+
+            for (int index = 0; index < EscapeMapLength; index++)
+                EscapeMap[index] = UnescapeMap[index] = (char) index;
+
+            for (int index = 0; index < EscapeConversions.GetLength(0); index++)
+            {
+                char unescaped = EscapeConversions[index, 0], escaped = EscapeConversions[index, 1];
+
+                EscapeExistsMap[unescaped] = true;
+                EscapeMap[unescaped] = escaped;
+                UnescapeMap[escaped] = unescaped;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static bool IsEscapable(char ch) => (ch < EscapeMapLength && EscapeExistsMap[ch]);
+        public static char GetEscape(char ch) => (ch < EscapeMapLength) ? EscapeMap[ch] : ch;
+        public static char GetUnescape(char ch) => (ch < EscapeMapLength) ? UnescapeMap[ch] : ch;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfTextReader.cs b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfTextReader.cs
index afae6a3..63ea580 100644
--- a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfTextReader.cs
+++ b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfTextReader.cs
@@ -6,20 +6,6 @@ namespace Gameloop.Vdf
     public class VdfTextReader : VdfReader
     {
         private const int DefaultBufferSize = 1024;
-        private static readonly char[][] EscapeConversions =
-        {
-            new[] { 'n' , '\n' },
-            new[] { 't' , '\t' },
-            new[] { 'v' , '\v' },
-            new[] { 'b' , '\b' },
-            new[] { 'r' , '\r' },
-            new[] { 'f' , '\f' },
-            new[] { 'a' , '\a' },
-            new[] { '\\', '\\' },
-            new[] { '?' , '?'  },
-            new[] { '\'', '\'' },
-            new[] { '\"', '\"' },
-        };
 
         private readonly TextReader _reader;
         private readonly char[] _charBuffer, _tokenBuffer;
@@ -60,7 +46,7 @@ public override bool ReadToken()
 
                 if (curChar == VdfStructure.Escape)
                 {
-                    _tokenBuffer[_tokenSize++] = !Settings.UsesEscapeSequences ? curChar : FindConversion(_charBuffer[++_charPos]);
+                    _tokenBuffer[_tokenSize++] = !Settings.UsesEscapeSequences ? curChar : VdfStructure.GetUnescape(_charBuffer[++_charPos]);
                     _charPos++;
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -181,20 +167,6 @@ private bool EnsureBuffer()
             return _charsLen != 0;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Converts the given escape code to an escape character.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="ch">The escape code.</param>
-        /// <returns>the escape character.</returns>
-        private static char FindConversion(char ch)
-        {
-            foreach (char[] conv in EscapeConversions)
-                if (conv[0] == ch)
-                    return conv[1];
-
-            return ch;
-        }
-
         public override void Close()
         {
             base.Close();
diff --git a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfTextWriter.cs b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfTextWriter.cs
index 2c28725..1bba1ea 100644
--- a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfTextWriter.cs
+++ b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfTextWriter.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace Gameloop.Vdf
 {
@@ -8,7 +9,9 @@ public class VdfTextWriter : VdfWriter
         private readonly TextWriter _writer;
         private int _indentationLevel;
 
-        public VdfTextWriter(TextWriter writer)
+        public VdfTextWriter(TextWriter writer) : this(writer, VdfSerializerSettings.Default) { }
+
+        public VdfTextWriter(TextWriter writer, VdfSerializerSettings settings) : base(settings)
         {
             if (writer == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(writer));
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ public override void WriteKey(string key)
         {
             AutoComplete(State.Key);
             _writer.Write(VdfStructure.Quote);
-            _writer.Write(key);
+            WriteEscapedString(key);
             _writer.Write(VdfStructure.Quote);
         }
 
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ public override void WriteValue(VValue value)
         {
             AutoComplete(State.Value);
             _writer.Write(VdfStructure.Quote);
-            _writer.Write(value);
+            WriteEscapedString(value.ToString());
             _writer.Write(VdfStructure.Quote);
         }
 
@@ -81,6 +84,26 @@ private void AutoComplete(State next)
             CurrentState = next;
         }
 
+        private void WriteEscapedString(string str)
+        {
+            if (!Settings.UsesEscapeSequences)
+            {
+                _writer.Write(str);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            foreach (char ch in str)
+            {
+                if (!VdfStructure.IsEscapable(ch))
+                    _writer.Write(ch);
+                else
+                {
+                    _writer.Write(VdfStructure.Escape);
+                    _writer.Write(VdfStructure.GetEscape(ch));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         public override void Close()
         {
             base.Close();
diff --git a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfWriter.cs b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfWriter.cs
index 363d828..b4d53fe 100644
--- a/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfWriter.cs
+++ b/Gameloop.Vdf/VdfWriter.cs
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ namespace Gameloop.Vdf
 {
     public abstract class VdfWriter : IDisposable
     {
+        public VdfSerializerSettings Settings { get; }
         public bool CloseOutput { get; set; }
         protected internal State CurrentState { get; protected set; }
 
-        protected VdfWriter()
+        protected VdfWriter() : this(VdfSerializerSettings.Default) { }
+
+        protected VdfWriter(VdfSerializerSettings settings)
         {
+            Settings = settings;
+
             CurrentState = State.Start;
             CloseOutput = true;
         }