diff --git a/cli/js/web/console.ts b/cli/js/web/console.ts
index 9f166b373f..f6ea7a0a72 100644
--- a/cli/js/web/console.ts
+++ b/cli/js/web/console.ts
@@ -300,6 +300,24 @@ function stringify(
   }
 }
 
+// We can match Node's quoting behavior exactly by swapping the double quote and
+// single quote in this array. That would give preference to single quotes.
+// However, we prefer double quotes as the default.
+const QUOTES = ['"', "'", "`"];
+
+/** Surround the string in quotes.
+ *
+ * The quote symbol is chosen by taking the first of the `QUOTES` array which
+ * does not occur in the string. If they all occur, settle with `QUOTES[0]`.
+ *
+ * Insert a backslash before any occurrence of the chosen quote symbol and
+ * before any backslash. */
+function quoteString(string: string): string {
+  const quote = QUOTES.find((c) => !string.includes(c)) ?? QUOTES[0];
+  const escapePattern = new RegExp(`(?=[${quote}\\\\])`, "g");
+  return `${quote}${string.replace(escapePattern, "\\")}${quote}`;
+}
+
 // Print strings when they are inside of arrays or objects with quotes
 function stringifyWithQuotes(
   value: unknown,
@@ -313,7 +331,7 @@ function stringifyWithQuotes(
         value.length > STR_ABBREVIATE_SIZE
           ? value.slice(0, STR_ABBREVIATE_SIZE) + "..."
           : value;
-      return green(`"${trunc}"`); // Quoted strings are green
+      return green(quoteString(trunc)); // Quoted strings are green
     default:
       return stringify(value, ctx, level, maxLevel);
   }
diff --git a/cli/tests/unit/console_test.ts b/cli/tests/unit/console_test.ts
index 7634ff0e1f..d7281fbb28 100644
--- a/cli/tests/unit/console_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/unit/console_test.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ unitTest(function consoleTestStringifyComplexObjects(): void {
   assertEquals(stringify({ foo: "bar" }), `{ foo: "bar" }`);
 });
 
+unitTest(function consoleTestStringifyQuotes(): void {
+  assertEquals(stringify(["\\"]), `[ "\\\\" ]`);
+  assertEquals(stringify(['\\,"']), `[ '\\\\,"' ]`);
+  assertEquals(stringify([`\\,",'`]), `[ \`\\\\,",'\` ]`);
+  assertEquals(stringify(["\\,\",',`"]), `[ "\\\\,\\",',\`" ]`);
+});
+
 unitTest(function consoleTestStringifyLongStrings(): void {
   const veryLongString = "a".repeat(200);
   // If we stringify an object containing the long string, it gets abbreviated.