diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 43a10ba..6916ee6 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## v0.9.1
+
+- Fix #16: Error interpolating unicode into JS
+
 ## v0.9.0
 
 - Removing Javscript treatment from `on` attributes
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 603f59b..9bc4333 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "HypertextLiteral"
 uuid = "ac1192a8-f4b3-4bfe-ba22-af5b92cd3ab2"
 authors = ["Clark C. Evans <cce@clarkevans.com>"]
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.9.1"
 
 [compat]
 julia = "1"
diff --git a/docs/src/script.md b/docs/src/script.md
index bd6321c..7415c28 100644
--- a/docs/src/script.md
+++ b/docs/src/script.md
@@ -160,3 +160,10 @@ strictly unnecessary escaping.
 
     @htl "<script>var x = $v</script>"
     #-> <script>var x = "<\!-- <\Script> <\! 3<4 <\/ <\s !>"</script>
+
+It's important to handle unicode content properly.
+
+    s = "α\n"
+
+    @htl("<script>alert($(s))</script>")
+    #-> <script>alert("α\n")</script>
diff --git a/src/script.jl b/src/script.jl
index e800b13..3ac1889 100644
--- a/src/script.jl
+++ b/src/script.jl
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function print_script(io::IO, value::AbstractString)
     final = lastindex(value)
     i = last = 1
     function emit(s::String)
-        print(io, SubString(value, last, i - 1))
+        print(io, SubString(value, last, prevind(value, i)))
         last = nextind(value, i)
         print(io, s)
     end