diff --git a/src/Web/Tweet/Parser.hs b/src/Web/Tweet/Parser.hs
--- a/src/Web/Tweet/Parser.hs
+++ b/src/Web/Tweet/Parser.hs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     string $ "\"" <> str <> "\":"
     open <- optional $ char '\"'
     let forbidden = if isJust open then ("\\\"" :: String) else ("\\\"," :: String)
-    want <- many $ try parseHTMLChar <|> noneOf forbidden <|> specialChar '\"' <|> specialChar '/' <|> newlineChar <|> unicodeChar -- TODO modify parsec to make this parallel?
+    want <- many $ parseHTMLChar <|> noneOf forbidden <|> specialChar '\"' <|> specialChar '/' <|> newlineChar <|> unicodeChar -- TODO modify parsec to make this parallel?
     pure want
 
 -- | Parse a newline
diff --git a/tweet-hs.cabal b/tweet-hs.cabal
--- a/tweet-hs.cabal
+++ b/tweet-hs.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                tweet-hs
-version:             0.5.3.7
+version:             0.5.3.8
 synopsis:            Command-line tool for twitter
 description:         a Command Line Interface Tweeter
 homepage:            https://github.com/vmchale/command-line-tweeter#readme