diff --git a/src/parse-cookies.ts b/src/parse-cookies.ts
index 8f9451f..2601869 100644
--- a/src/parse-cookies.ts
+++ b/src/parse-cookies.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,39 @@
 const parseCookies = (s: string): { [key: string]: string } => {
   if (s.length === 0) return {};
   const parsed: { [key: string]: string } = {};
-  const pattern = new RegExp("\\s*;\\s*");
-  s.split(pattern).forEach((i) => {
-    const [encodedKey, encodedValue] = i.split("=");
-    const key = decodeURIComponent(encodedKey);
-    const value = decodeURIComponent(encodedValue);
-    parsed[key] = value;
-  });
+  const pairs = s.split(';')
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
+    const pair = pairs[i];
+    const index = pair.indexOf('=')
+
+    // skip things that don't look like key=value
+    if (index < 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const key = pair.substring(0, index).trim()
+
+    // only assign once
+    if (undefined == parsed[key]) {
+      let val = pair.substring(index + 1, pair.length).trim()
+
+      // quoted values
+      if (val[0] === '"') {
+        val = val.slice(1, -1)
+      }
+
+      // catch error: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/decodeURIComponent#catching_errors
+      try {
+        const _key = decodeURIComponent(key);
+        const _val = decodeURIComponent(val);
+        parsed[_key] = decodeURIComponent(_val);  
+      } catch (error) {
+        parsed[key] = val
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   return parsed;
 };
 
diff --git a/test/parse-cookies.ts b/test/parse-cookies.ts
index 5ebeddf..87c8974 100644
--- a/test/parse-cookies.ts
+++ b/test/parse-cookies.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const tests1: Test[] = group("parse-cookies > ", [
     assert.deepEqual(parseCookies("a=1;b=2"), { a: "1", b: "2" });
     assert.deepEqual(parseCookies("a=1;b=2;c=3"), { a: "1", b: "2", c: "3" });
     assert.deepEqual(parseCookies("%3D=%3D"), { "=": "=" });
+    assert.deepEqual(parseCookies("a=b=c;"), { a: "b=c"});
   }),
 ]);