diff --git a/cloud-core/src/main/java/cloud/commandframework/arguments/standard/StringArgument.java b/cloud-core/src/main/java/cloud/commandframework/arguments/standard/StringArgument.java
index 5578d1e1..f2fe2885 100644
--- a/cloud-core/src/main/java/cloud/commandframework/arguments/standard/StringArgument.java
+++ b/cloud-core/src/main/java/cloud/commandframework/arguments/standard/StringArgument.java
@@ -360,11 +360,13 @@ public final class StringArgument<C> extends CommandArgument<C, String> {
                     inputQueue.remove();
                 }
             } else {
-                inner = inputQueue.remove();
+                inner = inputQueue.peek();
                 if (inner.startsWith("\"") || inner.startsWith("'")) {
                     return ArgumentParseResult.failure(new StringParseException(sj.toString(),
                             StringMode.QUOTED, commandContext
                     ));
+                } else {
+                    inputQueue.remove();
                 }
             }