diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/sandbox/quickjs/index.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/sandbox/quickjs/index.js
index 58ccd885d..d5fe5e8f3 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/sandbox/quickjs/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/sandbox/quickjs/index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ const toNumber = (value) => {
   return Number.isInteger(num) ? parseInt(value, 10) : parseFloat(value);
 };
 
+const removeQuotes = (str) => {
+  if ((str.startsWith('"') && str.endsWith('"')) || (str.startsWith("'") && str.endsWith("'"))) {
+    return str.slice(1, -1);
+  }
+  return str;
+};
 
 const executeQuickJsVm = ({ script: externalScript, context: externalContext, scriptType = 'template-literal' }) => {
   if (!externalScript?.length || typeof externalScript !== 'string') {
@@ -38,6 +44,7 @@ const executeQuickJsVm = ({ script: externalScript, context: externalContext, sc
   if (externalScript === 'null') return null;
   if (externalScript === 'undefined') return undefined;
 
+  externalScript = removeQuotes(externalScript);
 
   const vm = QuickJSSyncContext;
 
@@ -87,6 +94,7 @@ const executeQuickJsVmAsync = async ({ script: externalScript, context: external
   if (externalScript === 'null') return null;
   if (externalScript === 'undefined') return undefined;
 
+  externalScript = removeQuotes(externalScript);
 
   try {
     const module = await newQuickJSWASMModule();
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js
index 6b5ecacb5..55b454d02 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ const evaluateJsTemplateLiteral = (templateLiteral, context) => {
     return undefined;
   }
 
+  if (templateLiteral.startsWith('"') && templateLiteral.endsWith('"')) {
+    return templateLiteral.slice(1, -1);
+  }
+
+  if (templateLiteral.startsWith("'") && templateLiteral.endsWith("'")) {
+    return templateLiteral.slice(1, -1);
+  }
+
   if (!isNaN(templateLiteral)) {
     const number = Number(templateLiteral);
     // Check if the number is too high. Too high number might get altered, see #1000