diff --git a/src/Stash-Serialization-Tests/StashTest.class.st b/src/Stash-Serialization-Tests/StashTest.class.st
index b2e6f89..54ad037 100644
--- a/src/Stash-Serialization-Tests/StashTest.class.st
+++ b/src/Stash-Serialization-Tests/StashTest.class.st
@@ -387,6 +387,24 @@ StashTest >> testString1 [
 	self assert: source equals: '''hello'''
 ]
 
+{ #category : #tests }
+StashTest >> testString10 [
+
+	| object source |
+	object := #toto.
+	source := Stash new serialize: object.
+	self assert: source equals: '#toto'
+]
+
+{ #category : #tests }
+StashTest >> testString11 [
+
+	| object source |
+	object := #'toto-titi'.
+	source := Stash new serialize: object.
+	self assert: source equals: '#''toto-titi'''
+]
+
 { #category : #tests }
 StashTest >> testString2 [
 
diff --git a/src/Stash-Serialization/String.extension.st b/src/Stash-Serialization/String.extension.st
index 6d1da3a..f5751e8 100644
--- a/src/Stash-Serialization/String.extension.st
+++ b/src/Stash-Serialization/String.extension.st
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ String >> asStashObject [
 	| correctedString |
 	correctedString := self copyReplaceAll: '%' with: '%%'.
 	correctedString := correctedString copyReplaceAll: '<' with: '%<'.
+	self isSymbol ifTrue: [ correctedString := correctedString asSymbol ].
 	^ StashObject new
 		  object: correctedString;
 		  yourself