diff --git a/src/browser/css/parser.zig b/src/browser/css/parser.zig
index a64d2ea5..dc0e87c0 100644
--- a/src/browser/css/parser.zig
+++ b/src/browser/css/parser.zig
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
         }
 
         const c = p.s[p.i];
-        if (!nameStart(c) or c == '\\') {
+        if (!(nameStart(c) or c == '\\')) {
             return ParseError.ExpectedSelector;
         }
 
@@ -950,3 +950,36 @@ test "parser.parseString" {
         };
     }
 }
+
+test "parser.parse" {
+    var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.testing.allocator);
+    defer arena.deinit();
+    const alloc = arena.allocator();
+
+    const testcases = [_]struct {
+        s: []const u8, // given value
+        exp: Selector, // expected value
+        err: bool = false,
+    }{
+        .{ .s = "root", .exp = .{ .tag = "root" } },
+        .{ .s = ".root", .exp = .{ .class = "root" } },
+        .{ .s = ":root", .exp = .{ .pseudo_class = .root } },
+        .{ .s = ".\\:bar", .exp = .{ .class = ":bar" } },
+        .{ .s = ".foo\\:bar", .exp = .{ .class = "foo:bar" } },
+    };
+
+    for (testcases) |tc| {
+        var p = Parser{ .s = tc.s, .opts = .{} };
+        const sel = p.parse(alloc) catch |e| {
+            // if error was expected, continue.
+            if (tc.err) continue;
+
+            std.debug.print("test case {s}\n", .{tc.s});
+            return e;
+        };
+        std.testing.expectEqualDeep(tc.exp, sel) catch |e| {
+            std.debug.print("test case {s} : {}\n", .{ tc.s, sel });
+            return e;
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/browser/dom/document.zig b/src/browser/dom/document.zig
index 9fe4964d..911c3015 100644
--- a/src/browser/dom/document.zig
+++ b/src/browser/dom/document.zig
@@ -469,6 +469,9 @@ test "Browser.DOM.Document" {
             ,
             "1",
         },
+
+        .{ "document.querySelectorAll('.\\\\:popover-open').length", "0" },
+        .{ "document.querySelectorAll('.foo\\\\:bar').length", "0" },
     }, .{});
 
     try runner.testCases(&.{
diff --git a/src/runtime/test_primitive_types.zig b/src/runtime/test_primitive_types.zig
index e2a2673c..49db501c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/test_primitive_types.zig
+++ b/src/runtime/test_primitive_types.zig
@@ -336,4 +336,8 @@ test "JS: primitive types" {
         .{ "p.returnFloat32()", "1.100000023841858,-200.03500366210938,0.0003000000142492354" },
         .{ "p.returnFloat64()", "8881.22284,-4928.3838122,-0.00004" },
     }, .{});
+
+    try runner.testCases(&.{
+        .{ "'foo\\\\:bar'", "foo\\:bar" },
+    }, .{});
 }