diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 5df7ab7..9229493 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [0.4.25](https://github.com/ruby-debug/ruby-debug-ide/compare/v0.4.24...v0.4.25)
+
+* Let's use String#inspect in print variable for String variables
+  [RUBY-16192](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/RUBY-16192)
+
 ## [0.4.24](https://github.com/ruby-debug/ruby-debug-ide/compare/v0.4.24.beta5...v0.4.24)
 
 * time to release
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@
 
 ## [0.4.23.beta9](https://github.com/ruby-debug/ruby-debug-ide/compare/v0.4.23.beta8...v0.4.23.beta9)
 
-* problem with calculating local varibales for 1.8 fixed
+* problem with calculating local variables for 1.8 fixed
 
 ## "per-historical" changes 
 Dennis Ushakov <dennis.ushakov@gmail.com>
diff --git a/lib/ruby-debug-ide/commands/variables.rb b/lib/ruby-debug-ide/commands/variables.rb
index 331c72b..cc8d935 100644
--- a/lib/ruby-debug-ide/commands/variables.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby-debug-ide/commands/variables.rb
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ def execute
         obj = debug_eval(@match.post_match)
       end
       return unless obj
-      if (obj.is_a?(Array)) then
+      if obj.is_a?(Array)
         print_array(obj)
-      elsif (obj.is_a?(Hash)) then
+      elsif obj.is_a?(Hash)
         print_hash(obj)
-      elsif (obj.is_a?(String))
+      elsif obj.is_a?(String)
         print_string(obj)
       else
         print_element("variables") do
diff --git a/lib/ruby-debug-ide/version.rb b/lib/ruby-debug-ide/version.rb
index 48e255b..874df99 100755
--- a/lib/ruby-debug-ide/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby-debug-ide/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Debugger
-  IDE_VERSION='0.4.24'
+  IDE_VERSION='0.4.25'
 end
diff --git a/lib/ruby-debug-ide/xml_printer.rb b/lib/ruby-debug-ide/xml_printer.rb
index 2ee80ff..c568e0d 100644
--- a/lib/ruby-debug-ide/xml_printer.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby-debug-ide/xml_printer.rb
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def print_variable(name, value, kind)
         end
       elsif value.is_a?(String)
         has_children = value.respond_to?('bytes') || value.respond_to?('encoding')
-        value_str = value
+        value_str = value.inspect
       else  
         has_children = !value.instance_variables.empty? || !value.class.class_variables.empty?
         value_str = value.to_s || 'nil' rescue "<#to_s method raised exception: #{$!}>"