diff --git a/bouquin/code_highlighter.py b/bouquin/code_highlighter.py
index b60d8a5..e462574 100644
--- a/bouquin/code_highlighter.py
+++ b/bouquin/code_highlighter.py
@@ -287,12 +287,6 @@ class CodeHighlighter:
             # HTML comments
             patterns.append((r"<!--.*?-->", "comment"))
 
-        # Strings (double quotes)
-        patterns.append((r'"[^"\\]*(\\.[^"\\]*)*"', "string"))
-
-        # Strings (single quotes)
-        patterns.append((r"'[^'\\]*(\\.[^'\\]*)*'", "string"))
-
         # Numbers
         patterns.append((r"\b\d+\.?\d*\b", "number"))
 
@@ -300,6 +294,14 @@ class CodeHighlighter:
         for keyword in keywords:
             patterns.append((r"\b" + keyword + r"\b", "keyword"))
 
+        # Do strings last so they override any of the above (e.g reserved keywords in strings)
+
+        # Strings (double quotes)
+        patterns.append((r'"[^"\\]*(\\.[^"\\]*)*"', "string"))
+
+        # Strings (single quotes)
+        patterns.append((r"'[^'\\]*(\\.[^'\\]*)*'", "string"))
+
         return patterns
 
     @staticmethod