diff --git a/lark/lexer.py b/lark/lexer.py
index 3237b02..7e2c72a 100644
--- a/lark/lexer.py
+++ b/lark/lexer.py
@@ -71,20 +71,25 @@ class TerminalDef(object):
 class Token(Str):
     __slots__ = ('type', 'pos_in_stream', 'value', 'line', 'column', 'end_line', 'end_column')
 
-    def __new__(cls, type_, value, pos_in_stream=None, line=None, column=None):
-        self = super(Token, cls).__new__(cls, value)
+    def __new__(cls, type_, value, pos_in_stream=None, line=None, column=None, end_line=None, end_column=None):
+        try:
+            self = super(Token, cls).__new__(cls, value)
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            value = value.decode('latin1')
+            self = super(Token, cls).__new__(cls, value)
+
         self.type = type_
         self.pos_in_stream = pos_in_stream
         self.value = value
         self.line = line
         self.column = column
-        self.end_line = None
-        self.end_column = None
+        self.end_line = end_line
+        self.end_column = end_column
         return self
 
     @classmethod
     def new_borrow_pos(cls, type_, value, borrow_t):
-        return cls(type_, value, borrow_t.pos_in_stream, line=borrow_t.line, column=borrow_t.column)
+        return cls(type_, value, borrow_t.pos_in_stream, borrow_t.line, borrow_t.column, borrow_t.end_line, borrow_t.end_column)
 
     def __reduce__(self):
         return (self.__class__, (self.type, self.value, self.pos_in_stream, self.line, self.column, ))
diff --git a/lark/load_grammar.py b/lark/load_grammar.py
index bbf6fa3..2d5d547 100644
--- a/lark/load_grammar.py
+++ b/lark/load_grammar.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def _fix_escaping(s):
             n2 = next(i)
             if n2 == '\\':
                 w += '\\\\'
-            elif n2 not in 'unftr':
+            elif n2 not in 'uxnftr':
                 w += '\\'
             w += n2
     w = w.replace('\\"', '"').replace("'", "\\'")
diff --git a/tests/test_parser.py b/tests/test_parser.py
index 54fb288..68514a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -448,6 +448,13 @@ def _make_parser_test(LEXER, PARSER):
                         """)
             g.parse(u'\xa3\u0101\u00a3\u0203\n')
 
+        def test_hex_escape(self):
+            g = _Lark(r"""start: A B C
+                          A: "\x01"
+                          B: /\x02/
+                          C: "\xABCD"
+                          """)
+            g.parse('\x01\x02\xABCD')
 
         @unittest.skipIf(PARSER == 'cyk', "Takes forever")
         def test_stack_for_ebnf(self):
@@ -1363,4 +1370,3 @@ for _LEXER in ('dynamic', 'dynamic_complete'):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
-