diff --git a/src/Parser.php b/src/Parser.php
index d098e15..f3e06a0 100644
--- a/src/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Parser.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public function parseDatabase($sqlScript)
     {
         $database = new Database();
 
-        $tables = $this->parseTables($sqlScript);
+        $tables = $this->parseTables($this->convertStringsToBase64($sqlScript));
 
         foreach ($tables as $table) {
             $this->parseTableDefinition($table);
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ public function parseTables($sqlScript)
         for ($i = 0; $i < $loopCounter; $i++) {
             $name = $matches['tableName'][$i];
             $ifNotExists = $matches['ifNotExists'][$i];
-            $definition = $matches['tableDefinition'][$i];
-            $creationScript = $matches['creationScript'][$i];
+            $definition = $this->convertStringsFromBase64($matches['tableDefinition'][$i]);
+            $creationScript = $this->convertStringsFromBase64($matches['creationScript'][$i]);
             $engine = $matches['engine'][$i];
             $autoIncrement = $matches['autoIncrement'][$i];
             $defaultCharset = $matches['defaultCharset'][$i];
-            $comment = $matches['comment'][$i];
+            $comment = base64_decode($matches['comment'][$i]);
             $rowFormat = $matches['rowFormat'][$i];
             $keyBlockSize = $matches['keyBlockSize'][$i];
 
@@ -355,4 +355,38 @@ private function getColumnPrecision($decimalPrecision, $doublePrecision, $floatP
 
         return;
     }
+
+    public function convertStringsToBase64($sqlScript)
+    {
+        $sqlScript = preg_replace_callback('/DEFAULT\s*\'(?<defaultValue>[^\']+)\'/', function ($matches) {
+            return sprintf('DEFAULT \'%s\'', base64_encode($matches['defaultValue']));
+        }, $sqlScript);
+
+        $sqlScript = preg_replace_callback('/COMMENT\s*\'(?<comment>[^\']+)\'/', function ($matches) {
+            return sprintf('COMMENT \'%s\'', base64_encode($matches['comment']));
+        }, $sqlScript);
+
+        $sqlScript = preg_replace_callback('/COMMENT\s*=\s*\'(?<comment>([^\']|\'\')+)\'/', function ($matches) {
+            return sprintf('COMMENT=\'%s\'', base64_encode($matches['comment']));
+        }, $sqlScript);
+
+        return $sqlScript;
+    }
+
+    public function convertStringsFromBase64($sqlScript)
+    {
+        $sqlScript = preg_replace_callback('/DEFAULT\s*\'(?<defaultValue>[^\']+)\'/', function ($matches) {
+            return sprintf('DEFAULT \'%s\'', base64_decode($matches['defaultValue']));
+        }, $sqlScript);
+
+        $sqlScript = preg_replace_callback('/COMMENT\s*\'(?<comment>[^\']+)\'/', function ($matches) {
+            return sprintf('COMMENT \'%s\'', base64_decode($matches['comment']));
+        }, $sqlScript);
+
+        $sqlScript = preg_replace_callback('/COMMENT\s*=\s*\'(?<comment>([^\']|\'\')+)\'/', function ($matches) {
+            return sprintf('COMMENT=\'%s\'', base64_decode($matches['comment']));
+        }, $sqlScript);
+
+        return $sqlScript;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ParserTest.php b/tests/ParserTest.php
index bfdb9d7..d04e08e 100644
--- a/tests/ParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/ParserTest.php
@@ -359,4 +359,23 @@ public function testIsParsingFractionalSeconds()
         $this->assertEquals('`timestamp_column` TIMESTAMP(2) NOT NULL', $database->getTableByName('fractional_seconds')->getColumnByName('timestamp_column')->generateCreationScript());
         $this->assertEquals('`time_column` TIME(3) NOT NULL', $database->getTableByName('fractional_seconds')->getColumnByName('time_column')->generateCreationScript());
     }
+
+    public function testIsParsingColumnWithBackslashInDefaultValue()
+    {
+        $creationScript = $this->getDatabaseFixture('backslash.sql');
+
+        $parser = new Parser();
+
+        $database = $parser->parseDatabase($creationScript);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Database::class, $database);
+        $this->assertCount(1, $database->getTables());
+        $this->assertCount(1, $database->getTableByName('backslash')->getColumns());
+        $this->assertCount(0, $database->getTableByName('backslash')->getPrimaryKeys());
+        $this->assertCount(0, $database->getTableByName('backslash')->getIndexes());
+        $this->assertEquals('utf8', $database->getTableByName('backslash')->getDefaultCharset());
+        $this->assertEquals('InnoDB', $database->getTableByName('backslash')->getEngine());
+        $this->assertEquals('Table/Comment', $database->getTableByName('backslash')->getComment());
+        $this->assertEquals('`time_zone` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT \'America/Los_Angeles\' COMMENT \'Column/Comment\'', $database->getTableByName('backslash')->getColumnByName('time_zone')->generateCreationScript());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/backslash.sql b/tests/fixtures/backslash.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c71353c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/backslash.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `backslash` (
+  `time_zone` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'America/Los_Angeles' COMMENT 'Column/Comment'
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COMMENT = 'Table/Comment';
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/comment_change1.sql b/tests/fixtures/comment_change1.sql
index 7196a46..176225f 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/comment_change1.sql
+++ b/tests/fixtures/comment_change1.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 CREATE TABLE `comments` (
-  `field1` varchar(50) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Old Comment',
+  `field1` varchar(50) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Old Comment'
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB;
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/comment_change2.sql b/tests/fixtures/comment_change2.sql
index 6eae121..81fa12d 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/comment_change2.sql
+++ b/tests/fixtures/comment_change2.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 CREATE TABLE `comments` (
-  `field1` varchar(50) NOT NULL COMMENT 'New Comment',
+  `field1` varchar(50) NOT NULL COMMENT 'New Comment'
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB;