diff --git a/packages/nx-phrase/package.json b/packages/nx-phrase/package.json
index 5e9ea0a..89ab054 100644
--- a/packages/nx-phrase/package.json
+++ b/packages/nx-phrase/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@porscheofficial/nx-phrase",
-    "version": "0.2.1",
+    "version": "0.3.0",
     "repository": {
         "type": "url",
         "url": "https://github.com/porscheofficial/nx-plugins",
diff --git a/packages/nx-phrase/src/executors/build/schema.json b/packages/nx-phrase/src/executors/build/schema.json
index 3ed9dfb..6b36242 100644
--- a/packages/nx-phrase/src/executors/build/schema.json
+++ b/packages/nx-phrase/src/executors/build/schema.json
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@
         "useFallbackLocale": {
             "description": "(optional) Pass fallback_locale during locale download to api. All translations that don't exist in the locale currently being downloaded will be complemented with the ones from the fallback_locale",
             "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "formatOptions": {
+            "description": "Options for the various file formats",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "escapeSingleQuotes": {
+                    "description": "Escape single quotes in L10N strings (optional, default is true). This option is only relevant for fileFormat 'properties'.",
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                }
+            }
         }
     },
     "required": ["projectId", "uploadLanguageId"]
diff --git a/packages/nx-phrase/src/executors/pull/schema.json b/packages/nx-phrase/src/executors/pull/schema.json
index 700e70d..9ed5f21 100644
--- a/packages/nx-phrase/src/executors/pull/schema.json
+++ b/packages/nx-phrase/src/executors/pull/schema.json
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@
         "useFallbackLocale": {
             "description": "Pass fallback_locale during locale download to api. All translations that don't exist in the locale currently being downloaded will be complemented with the ones from the fallback_locale",
             "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "formatOptions": {
+            "description": "Options for the various file formats",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "escapeSingleQuotes": {
+                    "description": "Escape single quotes in L10N strings (optional, default is true). This option is only relevant for fileFormat 'properties'.",
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                }
+            }
         }
     },
     "required": ["projectId", "output"]
diff --git a/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/config.ts b/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/config.ts
index c1189a1..df248e3 100644
--- a/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs-extra"
 import { resolve } from "path"
 
-import { NonSensitiveArgs } from "./types"
+import { FormatOptions, NonSensitiveArgs } from "./types"
 import { ExecutorContext } from "@nx/devkit"
 import { load } from "js-yaml"
 import { PhraseClientConfig } from "./phrase"
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ function validateConfig(config: NonSensitiveArgs, projectName: string, requiredC
     return !error
 }
 
+export const defaultFormatOptions: FormatOptions = {
+    escapeSingleQuotes: true,
+}
+
 export function getConfig(
     options: BuildExecutorSchema,
     context: ExecutorContext,
@@ -112,6 +116,12 @@ export function getConfig(
         phraseKeyFilter: options.phraseKeyFilter,
         useFallbackLocale: options.useFallbackLocale,
         useSourceLocaleAsFallback: options.useSourceLocaleAsFallback,
+        formatOptions: options.formatOptions
+            ? {
+                  escapeSingleQuotes:
+                      options.formatOptions.escapeSingleQuotes ?? defaultFormatOptions.escapeSingleQuotes,
+              }
+            : { ...defaultFormatOptions },
     } as NonSensitiveArgs
 
     if (!validateConfig(config, projectName, requiredConfigurationProperties)) {
diff --git a/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/phrase.ts b/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/phrase.ts
index 4f3ba3f..5e4d1de 100644
--- a/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/phrase.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/phrase.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export class PhraseClient {
 
         const url = new URL(`${this.#baseUrl}/projects/${projectId}/locales/${id}/download`)
         for (const argName in otherArgs) {
-            if (otherArgs[argName]) {
+            if (otherArgs[argName] !== undefined) {
                 url.searchParams.set(argName, otherArgs[argName])
             }
         }
diff --git a/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/pull.ts b/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/pull.ts
index c18c98b..5732e10 100644
--- a/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/pull.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/pull.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ export class PullHelper {
     async downloadTranslations(locales: PhraseLocale[]): Promise<TranslationsMap> {
         const phrase = new PhraseClient(this.config.phraseClientConfig)
 
+        const formatOptions = {
+            "format_options[escape_single_quotes]":
+                this.config.fileFormat === "properties" ? this.config.formatOptions.escapeSingleQuotes : undefined,
+        }
+
         const translations: Record<string, string> = {}
         for (const locale of locales) {
             const { id, name } = locale
@@ -31,12 +36,13 @@ export class PullHelper {
                     branch: this.config.branch,
                     file_format: this.config.fileFormat,
                     // Use phrase API fallback locale?
-                    ...(this.config.useFallbackLocale
+                    ...(this.config.useFallbackLocale && locale.fallback_locale
                         ? {
                               fallback_locale_id: locale.fallback_locale.id,
                               include_empty_translations: true,
                           }
                         : {}),
+                    ...formatOptions,
                 })
 
                 translations[name] = localeData
diff --git a/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/types.d.ts b/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/types.d.ts
index 4f29040..209489e 100644
--- a/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-phrase/src/lib/types.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+export interface FormatOptions {
+    escapeSingleQuotes: boolean
+}
+
 export interface NonSensitiveArgs {
     projectId: string
     branch: string
@@ -15,4 +19,5 @@ export interface NonSensitiveArgs {
     useFallbackLocale: boolean
     inputFile: string
     workingDirectory: string
+    formatOptions: FormatOptions
 }