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diff --git a/t/moe/config_parser.py b/t/moe/config_parser.py
index b3131cc..2da6fac 100644
--- a/t/moe/config_parser.py
+++ b/t/moe/config_parser.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The configuration syntax is the following::
 
 .. todo:: should whitespace (incl. '\n') be allowed (almost) everywhere? 
 	  can comment be anywhere whitespace can?
-.. note:: ';' or '\n' is currently required even after CONDITION and SUBTREE block 
+.. note:: ';' or '\\n' is currently required even after CONDITION and SUBTREE block 
 .. note:: Formula can contain additional/unnecessary parentheses
 """
 
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ import traceback
 import moe.config as cf
 
 
+def config_escape(s):
+  """
+  Escape any ``{``, ``}``, ``"`` and ``\\`` in the given string, making it safe for parsing.
+  """
+  s = s.replace('\\', '\\\\')
+  s = s.replace('{', '\\{')
+  s = s.replace('}', '\\}')
+  s = s.replace('"', '\\"')
+  return s
+
 class ConfigSyntaxError(cf.ConfigError):
 
   def __init__(self, msg, source='<unknown>', line=None, column=None):