diff --git a/Text/HJson.hs b/Text/HJson.hs
--- a/Text/HJson.hs
+++ b/Text/HJson.hs
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@
 
 unicodeP :: Monad m => ParsecT String s m Char
 unicodeP = do
+	char 'u'
 	digitsV <- count 4 hexDigit
 	let numberV = read ("0x" ++ digitsV)
 	return $ chr numberV
diff --git a/hjson.cabal b/hjson.cabal
--- a/hjson.cabal
+++ b/hjson.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: hjson
-Version: 1.3
+Version: 1.3.1
 Synopsis: JSON parsing library
 Category: Text
 Description: JSON parsing library with simple and sane API