diff --git a/src/jsx.erl b/src/jsx.erl
index 9f11ea8..25d8930 100644
--- a/src/jsx.erl
+++ b/src/jsx.erl
@@ -27,6 +27,38 @@
 -export([decoder/0, decoder/1, decoder/2]).
 
 
+decoder() ->
+    decoder([]).
+
+decoder(Opts) ->
+    F = fun(end_of_stream, State) -> lists:reverse(State) ;(Event, State) -> [Event] ++ State  end,
+    decoder({F, []}, Opts).
+
+decoder({F, _} = Callbacks, OptsList) when is_list(OptsList), is_function(F) ->
+    Opts = parse_opts(OptsList),
+    decoder(Callbacks, Opts);
+decoder({{Mod, Fun}, State}, OptsList) when is_list(OptsList), is_atom(Mod), is_atom(Fun) ->
+    Opts = parse_opts(OptsList),
+    decoder({fun(E, S) -> Mod:Fun(E, S) end, State}, Opts);
+decoder(Callbacks, Opts) ->
+    fun(Stream) -> try start(Stream, [], Callbacks, Opts) catch error:function_clause -> {error, badjson} ;error:badjson -> {error, badjson} end end.
+
+    
+parse_opts(Opts) ->
+    parse_opts(Opts, {false, codepoint}).
+
+parse_opts([], Opts) ->
+    Opts;    
+parse_opts([{comments, Value}|Rest], {_Comments, EscapedUnicode}) ->
+    true = lists:member(Value, [true, false]),
+    parse_opts(Rest, {Value, EscapedUnicode});
+parse_opts([{escaped_unicode, Value}|Rest], {Comments, _EscapedUnicode}) ->
+    true = lists:member(Value, [ascii, codepoint, none]),
+    parse_opts(Rest, {Comments, Value});
+parse_opts([_UnknownOpt|Rest], Opts) ->
+    parse_opts(Rest, Opts).
+  
+  
 %% option flags
 
 -define(comments_true(X), {true, _} = X).
@@ -85,38 +117,6 @@
 -define(is_whitespace(Symbol),
     Symbol =:= ?space; Symbol =:= ?tab; Symbol =:= ?cr; Symbol =:= ?newline
 ).
-
-
-decoder() ->
-    decoder([]).
-
-decoder(Opts) ->
-    F = fun(end_of_stream, State) -> lists:reverse(State) ;(Event, State) -> [Event] ++ State  end,
-    decoder({F, []}, Opts).
-
-decoder({F, _} = Callbacks, OptsList) when is_list(OptsList), is_function(F) ->
-    Opts = parse_opts(OptsList),
-    decoder(Callbacks, Opts);
-decoder({{Mod, Fun}, State}, OptsList) when is_list(OptsList), is_atom(Mod), is_atom(Fun) ->
-    Opts = parse_opts(OptsList),
-    decoder({fun(E, S) -> Mod:Fun(E, S) end, State}, Opts);
-decoder(Callbacks, Opts) ->
-    fun(Stream) -> try start(Stream, [], Callbacks, Opts) catch error:function_clause -> {error, badjson} ;error:badjson -> {error, badjson} end end.
-
-    
-parse_opts(Opts) ->
-    parse_opts(Opts, {false, codepoint}).
-
-parse_opts([], Opts) ->
-    Opts;    
-parse_opts([{comments, Value}|Rest], {_Comments, EscapedUnicode}) ->
-    true = lists:member(Value, [true, false]),
-    parse_opts(Rest, {Value, EscapedUnicode});
-parse_opts([{escaped_unicode, Value}|Rest], {Comments, _EscapedUnicode}) ->
-    true = lists:member(Value, [ascii, codepoint, none]),
-    parse_opts(Rest, {Comments, Value});
-parse_opts([_UnknownOpt|Rest], Opts) ->
-    parse_opts(Rest, Opts).
     
     
 %% this code is mostly autogenerated and mostly ugly. apologies. for more insight on
@@ -274,9 +274,7 @@ string(<<?rsolidus, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, Acc) ->
 string(<<S/utf8, Rest/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, Acc) when ?is_noncontrol(S) ->
     string(Rest, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, [S] ++ Acc);   
 string(Bin, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, Acc) ->
-    {incomplete, fun(Stream) -> string(<<Bin/binary, Stream/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, Acc) end};     
-string(<<>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, Acc) ->
-    {incomplete, fun(Stream) -> string(Stream, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, Acc) end}.
+    {incomplete, fun(Stream) -> string(<<Bin/binary, Stream/binary>>, Stack, Callbacks, Opts, Acc) end}.
 
 
 %% only thing to note here is the additional accumulator passed to escaped_unicode used