diff --git a/src/jsx_config.erl b/src/jsx_config.erl
index 1b5ff79..2816b0e 100644
--- a/src/jsx_config.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_config.erl
@@ -35,34 +35,27 @@
 
 
 %% parsing of jsx config
-parse_config(Config) ->
-    parse_config(Config, #config{}).
+parse_config(Config) -> parse_config(Config, #config{}).
 
-parse_config([], Config) ->
-    Config;
-parse_config([strict_utf8|Rest], Config) ->
-    parse_config(Rest, Config#config{strict_utf8=true});
+parse_config([], Config) -> Config;
 parse_config([escaped_forward_slashes|Rest], Config) ->
     parse_config(Rest, Config#config{escaped_forward_slashes=true});
-parse_config([stream|Rest], Config) ->
-    parse_config(Rest, Config#config{stream=true});
-parse_config([single_quoted_strings|Rest], Config) ->
-    parse_config(Rest, Config#config{single_quoted_strings=true});
-parse_config([unescaped_jsonp|Rest], Config) ->
-    parse_config(Rest, Config#config{unescaped_jsonp=true});
-parse_config([no_comments|Rest], Config) ->
-    parse_config(Rest, Config#config{no_comments=true});
 parse_config([escaped_strings|Rest], Config) ->
     parse_config(Rest, Config#config{escaped_strings=true});
+parse_config([unescaped_jsonp|Rest], Config) ->
+    parse_config(Rest, Config#config{unescaped_jsonp=true});
 parse_config([dirty_strings|Rest], Config) ->
     parse_config(Rest, Config#config{dirty_strings=true});
-parse_config([ignored_bad_escapes|Rest], Config) ->
-    parse_config(Rest, Config#config{ignored_bad_escapes=true});
-parse_config([relax|Rest], Config) ->
-    parse_config(Rest, Config#config{
-        single_quoted_strings = true,
-        ignored_bad_escapes = true
+parse_config([strict|Rest], Config) ->
+    parse_config(Rest, Config#config{strict_comments=true,
+        strict_utf8=true,
+        strict_single_quotes=true,
+        strict_escapes=true
     });
+parse_config([{strict, Strict}|Rest], Config) ->
+    parse_strict(Strict, Rest, Config);
+parse_config([stream|Rest], Config) ->
+    parse_config(Rest, Config#config{stream=true});
 parse_config([{error_handler, ErrorHandler}|Rest] = Options, Config) when is_function(ErrorHandler, 3) ->
     case Config#config.error_handler of
         false -> parse_config(Rest, Config#config{error_handler=ErrorHandler})
@@ -73,13 +66,25 @@ parse_config([{incomplete_handler, IncompleteHandler}|Rest] = Options, Config) w
         false -> parse_config(Rest, Config#config{incomplete_handler=IncompleteHandler})
         ; _ -> erlang:error(badarg, [Options, Config])
     end;
-%% deprecated flags
-parse_config(Options, Config) ->
-    erlang:error(badarg, [Options, Config]).
+parse_config(_Options, _Config) -> erlang:error(badarg).
+
+
+parse_strict([], Rest, Config) -> parse_config(Rest, Config);
+parse_strict([comments|Strict], Rest, Config) ->
+    parse_strict(Strict, Rest, Config#config{strict_comments=true});
+parse_strict([utf8|Strict], Rest, Config) ->
+    parse_strict(Strict, Rest, Config#config{strict_utf8=true});
+parse_strict([single_quotes|Strict], Rest, Config) ->
+    parse_strict(Strict, Rest, Config#config{strict_single_quotes=true});
+parse_strict([escapes|Strict], Rest, Config) ->
+    parse_strict(Strict, Rest, Config#config{strict_escapes=true});
+parse_strict(_Strict, _Rest, _Config) ->
+    erlang:error(badarg).
+
 
 
 config_to_list(Config) ->
-    lists:map(
+    reduce_config(lists:map(
         fun ({error_handler, F}) -> {error_handler, F};
             ({incomplete_handler, F}) -> {incomplete_handler, F};
             ({Key, true}) -> Key
@@ -88,21 +93,37 @@ config_to_list(Config) ->
             fun({_, false}) -> false; (_) -> true end,
             lists:zip(record_info(fields, config), tl(tuple_to_list(Config)))
         )
-    ).
+    )).
+
+
+reduce_config(Input) -> reduce_config(Input, [], []).
+
+reduce_config([], Output, Strict) ->
+    case length(Strict) of
+        0 -> lists:reverse(Output);
+        4 -> lists:reverse(Output) ++ [strict];
+        _ -> lists:reverse(Output) ++ [{strict, lists:reverse(Strict)}]
+    end;
+reduce_config([strict_comments|Input], Output, Strict) ->
+    reduce_config(Input, Output, [comments] ++ Strict);
+reduce_config([strict_utf8|Input], Output, Strict) ->
+    reduce_config(Input, Output, [utf8] ++ Strict);
+reduce_config([strict_single_quotes|Input], Output, Strict) ->
+    reduce_config(Input, Output, [single_quotes] ++ Strict);
+reduce_config([strict_escapes|Input], Output, Strict) ->
+    reduce_config(Input, Output, [escapes] ++ Strict);
+reduce_config([Else|Input], Output, Strict) ->
+    reduce_config(Input, [Else] ++ Output, Strict).
 
 
 valid_flags() ->
     [
-        strict_utf8,
         escaped_forward_slashes,
-        single_quoted_strings,
-        unescaped_jsonp,
-        no_comments,
         escaped_strings,
+        unescaped_jsonp,
         dirty_strings,
-        ignored_bad_escapes,
+        strict,
         stream,
-        relax,
         error_handler,
         incomplete_handler
     ].
@@ -133,35 +154,43 @@ config_test_() ->
     [
         {"all flags",
             ?_assertEqual(
-                #config{
-                    strict_utf8=true,
-                    escaped_forward_slashes=true,
-                    stream=true,
-                    single_quoted_strings=true,
-                    unescaped_jsonp=true,
-                    no_comments=true,
-                    dirty_strings=true,
-                    ignored_bad_escapes=true
+                #config{escaped_forward_slashes = true,
+                    escaped_strings = true,
+                    unescaped_jsonp = true,
+                    dirty_strings = true,
+                    strict_comments = true,
+                    strict_utf8 = true,
+                    strict_single_quotes = true,
+                    strict_escapes = true,
+                    stream = true
                 },
-                parse_config([
-                    strict_utf8,
-                    escaped_forward_slashes,
-                    stream,
-                    single_quoted_strings,
+                parse_config([escaped_forward_slashes,
+                    escaped_strings,
                     unescaped_jsonp,
-                    no_comments,
                     dirty_strings,
-                    ignored_bad_escapes
+                    strict,
+                    stream
                 ])
             )
         },
-        {"relax flag",
+        {"strict flag",
             ?_assertEqual(
-                #config{
-                    single_quoted_strings=true,
-                    ignored_bad_escapes=true
+                #config{strict_comments = true,
+                    strict_utf8 = true,
+                    strict_single_quotes = true,
+                    strict_escapes = true
                 },
-                parse_config([relax])
+                parse_config([strict])
+            )
+        },
+        {"strict expanded",
+            ?_assertEqual(
+                #config{strict_comments = true,
+                    strict_utf8 = true,
+                    strict_single_quotes = true,
+                    strict_escapes = true
+                },
+                parse_config([{strict, [comments, utf8, single_quotes, escapes]}])
             )
         },
         {"error_handler flag", ?_assertEqual(
@@ -186,7 +215,7 @@ config_test_() ->
                 {incomplete_handler, fun(_) -> false end}
             ])
         )},
-        {"bad option flag", ?_assertError(badarg, parse_config([error]))}
+        {"bad option flag", ?_assertError(badarg, parse_config([this_flag_does_not_exist]))}
     ].
 
 
@@ -197,29 +226,41 @@ config_to_list_test_() ->
             config_to_list(#config{})
         )},
         {"all flags", ?_assertEqual(
-            [
-                strict_utf8,
-                escaped_forward_slashes,
-                single_quoted_strings,
+            [escaped_forward_slashes,
+                escaped_strings,
                 unescaped_jsonp,
-                no_comments,
                 dirty_strings,
-                ignored_bad_escapes,
-                stream
+                stream,
+                strict
             ],
             config_to_list(
-                #config{
-                    strict_utf8=true,
-                    escaped_forward_slashes=true,
-                    stream=true,
-                    single_quoted_strings=true,
-                    unescaped_jsonp=true,
-                    no_comments=true,
-                    dirty_strings=true,
-                    ignored_bad_escapes=true
+                #config{escaped_forward_slashes = true,
+                    escaped_strings = true,
+                    unescaped_jsonp = true,
+                    dirty_strings = true,
+                    strict_comments = true,
+                    strict_utf8 = true,
+                    strict_single_quotes = true,
+                    strict_escapes = true,
+                    stream = true
                 }
             )
         )},
+        {"single strict", ?_assertEqual(
+            [{strict, [comments]}],
+            config_to_list(#config{strict_comments = true})
+        )},
+        {"multiple strict", ?_assertEqual(
+            [{strict, [utf8, single_quotes, escapes]}],
+            config_to_list(#config{strict_utf8 = true, strict_single_quotes = true, strict_escapes = true})
+        )},
+        {"all strict", ?_assertEqual(
+            [strict],
+            config_to_list(#config{strict_comments = true,
+                strict_utf8 = true,
+                strict_single_quotes = true,
+                strict_escapes = true})
+        )},
         {"error handler", ?_assertEqual(
             [{error_handler, fun ?MODULE:fake_error_handler/3}],
             config_to_list(#config{error_handler=fun ?MODULE:fake_error_handler/3})
diff --git a/src/jsx_config.hrl b/src/jsx_config.hrl
index 5060254..ae333fd 100644
--- a/src/jsx_config.hrl
+++ b/src/jsx_config.hrl
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 -record(config, {
-    strict_utf8 = false,
     escaped_forward_slashes = false,
-    single_quoted_strings = false,
-    unescaped_jsonp = false,
-    no_comments = false,
     escaped_strings = false,
+    unescaped_jsonp = false,
     dirty_strings = false,
-    ignored_bad_escapes = false,
+    strict_comments = false,
+    strict_utf8 = false,
+    strict_single_quotes = false,
+    strict_escapes = false,
     stream = false,
     error_handler = false,
     incomplete_handler = false
diff --git a/src/jsx_decoder.erl b/src/jsx_decoder.erl
index 4d29b96..58ba3d8 100644
--- a/src/jsx_decoder.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_decoder.erl
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ start(Bin, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
 
 value(<<?doublequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, new_seq(), Stack, Config);
-value(<<?singlequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{single_quoted_strings=true}) ->
+value(<<?singlequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{strict_single_quotes=false}) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, new_seq(), [singlequote|Stack], Config);
 value(<<$t, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     true(Rest, Handler, Stack, Config);
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ value(<<?start_array, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     array(Rest, handle_event(start_array, Handler, Config), [array|Stack], Config);
 value(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) when ?is_whitespace(S) ->
     value(Rest, Handler, Stack, Config);
-value(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{no_comments=true}) ->
+value(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{strict_comments=true}) ->
     ?error(value, <<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config);
 value(<<?solidus, ?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     comment(Rest, Handler, value, [comment|Stack], Config);
@@ -231,13 +231,13 @@ value(Bin, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
 
 object(<<?doublequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, new_seq(), Stack, Config);
-object(<<?singlequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{single_quoted_strings=true}) ->
+object(<<?singlequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{strict_single_quotes=false}) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, new_seq(), [singlequote|Stack], Config);
 object(<<?end_object, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [key|Stack], Config) ->
     maybe_done(Rest, handle_event(end_object, Handler, Config), Stack, Config);
 object(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) when ?is_whitespace(S) ->
     object(Rest, Handler, Stack, Config);
-object(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{no_comments=true}) ->
+object(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{strict_comments=true}) ->
     ?error(object, <<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config);
 object(<<?solidus, ?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     comment(Rest, Handler, object, [comment|Stack], Config);
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ array(<<?end_array, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [array|Stack], Config) ->
     maybe_done(Rest, handle_event(end_array, Handler, Config), Stack, Config);
 array(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) when ?is_whitespace(S) ->
     array(Rest, Handler, Stack, Config);
-array(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{no_comments=true}) ->
+array(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{strict_comments=true}) ->
     value(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config);
 array(<<?solidus, ?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     comment(Rest, Handler, array, [comment|Stack], Config);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ colon(<<?colon, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [key|Stack], Config) ->
     value(Rest, Handler, [object|Stack], Config);
 colon(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) when ?is_whitespace(S) ->
     colon(Rest, Handler, Stack, Config);
-colon(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{no_comments=true}) ->
+colon(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{strict_comments=true}) ->
     ?error(colon, <<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config);
 colon(<<?solidus, ?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     comment(Rest, Handler, colon, [comment|Stack], Config);
@@ -289,11 +289,11 @@ colon(Bin, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
 
 key(<<?doublequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, new_seq(), Stack, Config);
-key(<<?singlequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{single_quoted_strings=true}) ->
+key(<<?singlequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{strict_single_quotes=false}) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, new_seq(), [singlequote|Stack], Config);
 key(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) when ?is_whitespace(S) ->
     key(Rest, Handler, Stack, Config);
-key(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{no_comments=true}) ->
+key(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{strict_comments=true}) ->
     ?error(key, <<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config);
 key(<<?solidus, ?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     comment(Rest, Handler, key, [comment|Stack], Config);
@@ -649,8 +649,8 @@ unescape(<<$t, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, acc_seq(Acc, maybe_replace($\t, Config)), Stack, Config);
 unescape(<<?doublequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, acc_seq(Acc, maybe_replace($\", Config)), Stack, Config);
-unescape(<<?singlequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config=#config{single_quoted_strings=true}) ->
-    string(Rest, Handler, acc_seq(Acc, maybe_replace(?singlequote, Config)), Stack, Config);
+unescape(<<?singlequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config=#config{strict_single_quotes=false}) ->
+    string(Rest, Handler, acc_seq(Acc, ?singlequote), Stack, Config);
 unescape(<<?rsolidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, acc_seq(Acc, maybe_replace($\\, Config)), Stack, Config);
 unescape(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) ->
@@ -691,12 +691,13 @@ unescape(<<$u, A, B, C, D, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config)
             ?error(string, <<?rsolidus, $u, A, B, C, D, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config);
         _ -> string(Rest, Handler, acc_seq(Acc, 16#fffd), Stack, Config)
     end;
-unescape(Bin, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config=#config{ignored_bad_escapes=true}) ->
-    string(Bin, Handler, acc_seq(Acc, ?rsolidus), Stack, Config);
 unescape(Bin, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) ->
     case is_partial_escape(Bin) of
         true -> incomplete(string, <<?rsolidus/utf8, Bin/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config);
-        false -> ?error(string, <<?rsolidus, Bin/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config)
+        false -> case Config#config.strict_escapes of
+                true -> ?error(string, <<?rsolidus, Bin/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config);
+                false -> string(Bin, Handler, acc_seq(Acc, ?rsolidus), Stack, Config)
+            end
     end.
 
 
@@ -829,7 +830,7 @@ finish_number(<<?comma, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, [array|Stack], Config) ->
     value(Rest, handle_event(format_number(Acc), Handler, Config), [array|Stack], Config);
 finish_number(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) when ?is_whitespace(S) ->
     maybe_done(Rest, handle_event(format_number(Acc), Handler, Config), Stack, Config);
-finish_number(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, {NumType, Acc}, Stack, Config=#config{no_comments=true}) ->
+finish_number(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, {NumType, Acc}, Stack, Config=#config{strict_comments=true}) ->
     ?error(NumType, <<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config);
 finish_number(<<?solidus, ?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Acc, Stack, Config) ->
     comment(Rest, handle_event(format_number(Acc), Handler, Config), maybe_done, [comment|Stack], Config);
@@ -924,7 +925,7 @@ maybe_done(<<?comma, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [array|_] = Stack, Config) ->
     value(Rest, Handler, Stack, Config);
 maybe_done(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) when ?is_whitespace(S) ->
     maybe_done(Rest, Handler, Stack, Config);
-maybe_done(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{no_comments=true}) ->
+maybe_done(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{strict_comments=true}) ->
     ?error(maybe_done, <<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config);
 maybe_done(<<?solidus, ?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     comment(Rest, Handler, maybe_done, [comment|Stack], Config);
@@ -940,7 +941,7 @@ maybe_done(Bin, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
 
 done(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [], Config) when ?is_whitespace(S) ->
     done(Rest, Handler, [], Config);
-done(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{no_comments=true}) ->
+done(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config=#config{strict_comments=true}) ->
     ?error(done, <<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config);
 done(<<?solidus, ?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Config) ->
     comment(Rest, Handler, done, [comment|Stack], Config);
@@ -1269,191 +1270,191 @@ no_comments_test_() ->
     [
         {"preceeding // comment", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"// comment ", ?newline, "[]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"// comment ", ?newline, "[]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"preceeding /**/ comment", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"/* comment */[]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"/* comment */[]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"trailing // comment", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[]// comment", ?newline>>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[]// comment", ?newline>>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"trailing // comment (no newline)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[]// comment">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[]// comment">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"trailing /**/ comment", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[] /* comment */">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[] /* comment */">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment inside array", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ // comment", ?newline, "]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ // comment", ?newline, "]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment inside array", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ /* comment */ ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ /* comment */ ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment at beginning of array", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ // comment", ?newline, "true", ?newline, "]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ // comment", ?newline, "true", ?newline, "]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment at beginning of array", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ /* comment */ true ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ /* comment */ true ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment at end of array", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ true // comment", ?newline, "]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ true // comment", ?newline, "]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment at end of array", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ true /* comment */ ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ true /* comment */ ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment midarray (post comma)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ true, // comment", ?newline, "false ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ true, // comment", ?newline, "false ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment midarray (post comma)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ true, /* comment */ false ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ true, /* comment */ false ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment midarray (pre comma)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ true// comment", ?newline, ", false ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ true// comment", ?newline, ", false ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment midarray (pre comma)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ true/* comment */, false ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ true/* comment */, false ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment inside object", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ // comment", ?newline, "}">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ // comment", ?newline, "}">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment inside object", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ /* comment */ }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ /* comment */ }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment at beginning of object", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ // comment", ?newline, " \"key\": true", ?newline, "}">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ // comment", ?newline, " \"key\": true", ?newline, "}">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment at beginning of object", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ /* comment */ \"key\": true }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ /* comment */ \"key\": true }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment at end of object", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ \"key\": true // comment", ?newline, "}">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ \"key\": true // comment", ?newline, "}">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment at end of object", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ \"key\": true /* comment */ }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ \"key\": true /* comment */ }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment midobject (post comma)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ \"x\": true, // comment", ?newline, "\"y\": false }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ \"x\": true, // comment", ?newline, "\"y\": false }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment midobject (post comma)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ \"x\": true, /* comment */", ?newline, "\"y\": false }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ \"x\": true, /* comment */", ?newline, "\"y\": false }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment midobject (pre comma)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ \"x\": true// comment", ?newline, ", \"y\": false }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ \"x\": true// comment", ?newline, ", \"y\": false }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment midobject (pre comma)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ \"x\": true/* comment */", ?newline, ", \"y\": false }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ \"x\": true/* comment */", ?newline, ", \"y\": false }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment precolon", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ \"key\" // comment", ?newline, ": true }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ \"key\" // comment", ?newline, ": true }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment precolon", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ \"key\"/* comment */: true }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ \"key\"/* comment */: true }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment postcolon", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ \"key\": // comment", ?newline, " true }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ \"key\": // comment", ?newline, " true }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment postcolon", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"{ \"key\":/* comment */ true }">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"{ \"key\":/* comment */ true }">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment terminating zero", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ 0// comment", ?newline, "]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ 0// comment", ?newline, "]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment terminating integer", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ 1// comment", ?newline, "]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ 1// comment", ?newline, "]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment terminating float", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ 1.0// comment", ?newline, "]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ 1.0// comment", ?newline, "]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment terminating exp", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ 1e1// comment", ?newline, "]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ 1e1// comment", ?newline, "]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment terminating zero", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ 0/* comment */ ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ 0/* comment */ ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment terminating integer", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ 1/* comment */ ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ 1/* comment */ ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment terminating float", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ 1.0/* comment */ ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ 1.0/* comment */ ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment terminating exp", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ 1e1/* comment */ ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ 1e1/* comment */ ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment following /**/ comment", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[/* comment *//* comment */true]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[/* comment *//* comment */true]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment following // comment", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[// comment", ?newline, "/* comment */true]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[// comment", ?newline, "/* comment */true]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment following /**/ comment", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[/* comment */// comment", ?newline, "true]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[/* comment */// comment", ?newline, "true]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment following // comment", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[// comment", ?newline, "// comment", ?newline, "true]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[// comment", ?newline, "// comment", ?newline, "true]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment inside /**/ comment", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ /* /* comment */ */ true ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ /* /* comment */ */ true ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment with /", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ /* / */ true ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ /* / */ true ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment with *", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ /* * */ true ]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ /* * */ true ]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"// comment with badutf", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ // comment ", 16#00c0, " ", ?newline, "true]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ // comment ", 16#00c0, " ", ?newline, "true]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment with badutf", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ /* comment ", 16#00c0, " */ true]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ /* comment ", 16#00c0, " */ true]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )},
         {"/**/ comment with badutf preceeded by /", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            Decode(<<"[ /* comment /", 16#00c0, " */ true]">>, [no_comments])
+            Decode(<<"[ /* comment /", 16#00c0, " */ true]">>, [{strict, [comments]}])
         )}
     ].
 
@@ -1521,19 +1522,19 @@ clean_string_test_() ->
         )},
         {"error reserved space", ?_assertEqual(
             lists:duplicate(length(reserved_space()), {error, badarg}),
-            lists:map(fun(Codepoint) -> decode(Codepoint, [strict_utf8]) end, reserved_space())
+            lists:map(fun(Codepoint) -> decode(Codepoint, [{strict, [utf8]}]) end, reserved_space())
         )},
         {"error surrogates", ?_assertEqual(
             lists:duplicate(length(surrogates()), {error, badarg}),
-            lists:map(fun(Codepoint) -> decode(Codepoint, [strict_utf8]) end, surrogates())
+            lists:map(fun(Codepoint) -> decode(Codepoint, [{strict, [utf8]}]) end, surrogates())
         )},
         {"error noncharacters", ?_assertEqual(
             lists:duplicate(length(noncharacters()), {error, badarg}),
-            lists:map(fun(Codepoint) -> decode(Codepoint, [strict_utf8]) end, noncharacters())
+            lists:map(fun(Codepoint) -> decode(Codepoint, [{strict, [utf8]}]) end, noncharacters())
         )},
         {"error extended noncharacters", ?_assertEqual(
             lists:duplicate(length(extended_noncharacters()), {error, badarg}),
-            lists:map(fun(Codepoint) -> decode(Codepoint, [strict_utf8]) end, extended_noncharacters())
+            lists:map(fun(Codepoint) -> decode(Codepoint, [{strict, [utf8]}]) end, extended_noncharacters())
         )},
         {"clean reserved space", ?_assertEqual(
             lists:duplicate(length(reserved_space()), [{string, <<16#fffd/utf8>>}, end_json]),
@@ -1600,7 +1601,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
     [
         {"noncharacter u+fffe", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<239, 191, 190>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<239, 191, 190>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"noncharacter u+fffe replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8>>,
@@ -1608,7 +1609,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"noncharacter u+ffff", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<239, 191, 191>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<239, 191, 191>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"noncharacter u+ffff replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8>>,
@@ -1616,7 +1617,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"orphan continuation byte u+0080", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#0080>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#0080>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"orphan continuation byte u+0080 replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8>>,
@@ -1624,7 +1625,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"orphan continuation byte u+00bf", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#00bf>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#00bf>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"orphan continuation byte u+00bf replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8>>,
@@ -1632,7 +1633,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"2 continuation bytes", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<(binary:copy(<<16#0080>>, 2))/binary>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<(binary:copy(<<16#0080>>, 2))/binary>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"2 continuation bytes replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             binary:copy(<<16#fffd/utf8>>, 2),
@@ -1640,7 +1641,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"3 continuation bytes", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<(binary:copy(<<16#0080>>, 3))/binary>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<(binary:copy(<<16#0080>>, 3))/binary>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"3 continuation bytes replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             binary:copy(<<16#fffd/utf8>>, 3),
@@ -1648,7 +1649,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"4 continuation bytes", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<(binary:copy(<<16#0080>>, 4))/binary>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<(binary:copy(<<16#0080>>, 4))/binary>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"4 continuation bytes replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             binary:copy(<<16#fffd/utf8>>, 4),
@@ -1656,7 +1657,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"5 continuation bytes", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<(binary:copy(<<16#0080>>, 5))/binary>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<(binary:copy(<<16#0080>>, 5))/binary>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"5 continuation bytes replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             binary:copy(<<16#fffd/utf8>>, 5),
@@ -1664,7 +1665,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"6 continuation bytes", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<(binary:copy(<<16#0080>>, 6))/binary>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<(binary:copy(<<16#0080>>, 6))/binary>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"6 continuation bytes replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             binary:copy(<<16#fffd/utf8>>, 6),
@@ -1672,7 +1673,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"all continuation bytes", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<(list_to_binary(lists:seq(16#0080, 16#00bf)))/binary>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<(list_to_binary(lists:seq(16#0080, 16#00bf)))/binary>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"all continuation bytes replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             binary:copy(<<16#fffd/utf8>>, length(lists:seq(16#0080, 16#00bf))),
@@ -1683,7 +1684,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"lonely start byte", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#00c0>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#00c0>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"lonely start byte replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8>>,
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"lonely start bytes (2 byte)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#00c0, 32, 16#00df>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#00c0, 32, 16#00df>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"lonely start bytes (2 byte) replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32, 16#fffd/utf8>>,
@@ -1699,7 +1700,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"lonely start bytes (3 byte)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#00e0, 32, 16#00ef>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#00e0, 32, 16#00ef>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"lonely start bytes (3 byte) replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32, 16#fffd/utf8>>,
@@ -1707,7 +1708,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"lonely start bytes (4 byte)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#00f0, 32, 16#00f7>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#00f0, 32, 16#00f7>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"lonely start bytes (4 byte) replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32, 16#fffd/utf8>>,
@@ -1715,7 +1716,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"missing continuation byte (3 byte)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<224, 160, 32>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<224, 160, 32>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"missing continuation byte (3 byte) replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32>>,
@@ -1723,7 +1724,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"missing continuation byte (4 byte missing one)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<240, 144, 128, 32>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<240, 144, 128, 32>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"missing continuation byte (4 byte missing one) replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32>>,
@@ -1731,7 +1732,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"missing continuation byte (4 byte missing two)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<240, 144, 32>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<240, 144, 32>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"missing continuation byte (4 byte missing two) replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32>>,
@@ -1739,7 +1740,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"overlong encoding of u+002f (2 byte)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#c0, 16#af, 32>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#c0, 16#af, 32>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"overlong encoding of u+002f (2 byte) replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32>>,
@@ -1747,7 +1748,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"overlong encoding of u+002f (3 byte)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#e0, 16#80, 16#af, 32>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#e0, 16#80, 16#af, 32>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"overlong encoding of u+002f (3 byte) replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32>>,
@@ -1755,7 +1756,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"overlong encoding of u+002f (4 byte)", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#f0, 16#80, 16#80, 16#af, 32>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#f0, 16#80, 16#80, 16#af, 32>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"overlong encoding of u+002f (4 byte) replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32>>,
@@ -1763,7 +1764,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"highest overlong 2 byte sequence", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#c1, 16#bf, 32>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#c1, 16#bf, 32>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"highest overlong 2 byte sequence replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32>>,
@@ -1771,7 +1772,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"highest overlong 3 byte sequence", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#e0, 16#9f, 16#bf, 32>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#e0, 16#9f, 16#bf, 32>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"highest overlong 3 byte sequence replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32>>,
@@ -1779,7 +1780,7 @@ bad_utf8_test_() ->
         )},
         {"highest overlong 4 byte sequence", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            decode_bad_utf(<<16#f0, 16#8f, 16#bf, 16#bf, 32>>, [strict_utf8])
+            decode_bad_utf(<<16#f0, 16#8f, 16#bf, 16#bf, 32>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"highest overlong 4 byte sequence replaced", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 32>>,
@@ -1820,10 +1821,6 @@ unescape_test_() ->
             <<"\"">>,
             unescape(<<"\\\""/utf8>>, [])
         )},
-        {"unescape single quote", ?_assertEqual(
-            <<"'">>,
-            unescape(<<"\\'"/utf8>>, [single_quoted_strings])
-        )},
         {"unescape solidus", ?_assertEqual(
             <<"/">>,
             unescape(<<"\\/"/utf8>>, [])
@@ -1846,7 +1843,7 @@ unescape_test_() ->
         )},
         {"do not unescape bad high surrogate", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            unescape(<<"\\udc00"/utf8>>, [strict_utf8])
+            unescape(<<"\\udc00"/utf8>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"replace naked high surrogate", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, "hello world">>,
@@ -1854,7 +1851,7 @@ unescape_test_() ->
         )},
         {"do not unescape naked high surrogate", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            unescape(<<"\\ud800hello world"/utf8>>, [strict_utf8])
+            unescape(<<"\\ud800hello world"/utf8>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"replace naked low surrogate", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, "hello world">>,
@@ -1862,7 +1859,7 @@ unescape_test_() ->
         )},
         {"do not unescape naked low surrogate", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            unescape(<<"\\udc00hello world"/utf8>>, [strict_utf8])
+            unescape(<<"\\udc00hello world"/utf8>>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"replace bad surrogate pair", ?_assertEqual(
             <<16#fffd/utf8, 16#fffd/utf8>>,
@@ -1870,11 +1867,11 @@ unescape_test_() ->
         )},
         {"do not unescape bad surrogate pair", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            unescape(<<"\\ud800\\u0000">>, [strict_utf8])
+            unescape(<<"\\ud800\\u0000">>, [{strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"bad pseudo escape sequence", ?_assertError(
             badarg,
-            unescape(<<"\\uabcg">>, [])
+            unescape(<<"\\uabcg">>, [strict])
         )}
     ].
 
@@ -2056,11 +2053,15 @@ single_quoted_string_test_() ->
     [
         {"single quoted string", ?_assertEqual(
             [{string, <<"hello world">>}, end_json],
-            decode(<<39, "hello world", 39>>, [single_quoted_strings])
+            decode(<<39, "hello world", 39>>, [])
         )},
+        {"single quoted string error", ?_assertEqual(
+            {error, badarg},
+            decode(<<39, "hello world", 39>>, [{strict, [single_quotes]}])
+        )},        
         {"single quoted string with embedded double quotes", ?_assertEqual(
             [{string, <<"quoth the raven, \"nevermore\"">>}, end_json],
-            decode(<<39, "quoth the raven, \"nevermore\"", 39>>, [single_quoted_strings])
+            decode(<<39, "quoth the raven, \"nevermore\"", 39>>, [])
         )},
         {"string with embedded single quotes", ?_assertEqual(
             [{string, <<"quoth the raven, 'nevermore'">>}, end_json],
@@ -2068,14 +2069,18 @@ single_quoted_string_test_() ->
         )},
         {"escaped single quote", ?_assertEqual(
             [{string, <<"quoth the raven, 'nevermore'">>}, end_json],
-            decode(<<39, "quoth the raven, \\'nevermore\\'", 39>>, [single_quoted_strings])
+            decode(<<39, "quoth the raven, \\'nevermore\\'", 39>>, [])
         )},
         {"single quoted key", ?_assertEqual(
             [start_object,
                 {key, <<"key">>}, {string, <<"value">>},
                 {key, <<"another key">>}, {string, <<"another value">>},
             end_object, end_json],
-            decode(<<"{'key':'value','another key':'another value'}">>, [single_quoted_strings])
+            decode(<<"{'key':'value','another key':'another value'}">>, [])
+        )},
+        {"single quoted key error", ?_assertEqual(
+            {error, badarg},
+            decode(<<"{'key':'value','another key':'another value'}">>, [{strict, [single_quotes]}])
         )}
     ].
 
@@ -2084,7 +2089,7 @@ ignored_bad_escapes_test_() ->
     [
         {"ignore unrecognized escape sequence", ?_assertEqual(
             [{string, <<"\\x25">>}, end_json],
-            decode(<<"\"\\x25\"">>, [ignored_bad_escapes])
+            decode(<<"\"\\x25\"">>, [])
         )}
     ].
 
@@ -2299,11 +2304,11 @@ custom_error_handler_test_() ->
         )},
         {"single_comment error", ?_assertEqual(
             {comment, <<192>>},
-            Decode(<<"[ //"/utf8, 192>>, [{error_handler, Error}, strict_utf8])
+            Decode(<<"[ //"/utf8, 192>>, [{error_handler, Error}, {strict, [utf8]}])
         )},
         {"multi_comment error", ?_assertEqual(
             {comment, <<192>>},
-            Decode(<<"[ /*"/utf8, 192>>, [{error_handler, Error}, strict_utf8])
+            Decode(<<"[ /*"/utf8, 192>>, [{error_handler, Error}, {strict, [utf8]}])
         )}
     ].
 
diff --git a/src/jsx_encoder.erl b/src/jsx_encoder.erl
index 517be4c..1c22e46 100644
--- a/src/jsx_encoder.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_encoder.erl
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ err(Term, Opts) -> (jsx:parser(jsx, [], Opts))(Term).
 error_test_() ->
     [
         {"value error", ?_assertError(badarg, err(self(), []))},
-        {"string error", ?_assertError(badarg, err(<<239, 191, 191>>, [strict_utf8]))}
+        {"string error", ?_assertError(badarg, err(<<239, 191, 191>>, [strict]))}
     ].
 
 custom_error_handler_test_() ->
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ custom_error_handler_test_() ->
         )},
         {"string error", ?_assertEqual(
             {string, [{string, <<239, 191, 191>>}]},
-            err(<<239, 191, 191>>, [{error_handler, Error}, strict_utf8])
+            err(<<239, 191, 191>>, [{error_handler, Error}, strict])
         )}
     ].
 
diff --git a/src/jsx_parser.erl b/src/jsx_parser.erl
index 350624f..e59ff1e 100644
--- a/src/jsx_parser.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_parser.erl
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ custom_error_handler_test_() ->
         )},
         {"string error", ?_assertEqual(
             {string, [{string, <<239, 191, 191>>}, end_json]},
-            parse_error([{string, <<239, 191, 191>>}, end_json], [{error_handler, Error}, strict_utf8])
+            parse_error([{string, <<239, 191, 191>>}, end_json], [{error_handler, Error}, strict])
         )}
     ].