diff --git a/src/Gnuplot.jl b/src/Gnuplot.jl
index cf3c1fd..291cc9e 100644
--- a/src/Gnuplot.jl
+++ b/src/Gnuplot.jl
@@ -911,6 +911,7 @@ function execall(gp::GPSession; term::AbstractString="", output::AbstractString=
     if term != ""
         former_term = writeread(gp, "print GPVAL_TERM")[1]
         former_opts = writeread(gp, "print GPVAL_TERMOPTIONS")[1]
+        gpexec(gp, "unset multiplot")
         gpexec(gp, "set term $term")
     end
     (output != "")  &&  gpexec(gp, "set output '$output'")
@@ -2254,7 +2255,7 @@ function gpvars(sid::Symbol)
         if length(s) == 2
             key = Symbol(s[1])
             if s[2][1] == '"'
-                out[key] = s[2][2:end-1]
+                out[key] = s[2][2:prevind(s[2], end, 1)]
             else
                 try
                     out[key] = Meta.parse(s[2])