diff --git a/integrationTest/integration_test.go b/integrationTest/integration_test.go
index f915bfb7b..c394e8a64 100644
--- a/integrationTest/integration_test.go
+++ b/integrationTest/integration_test.go
@@ -1088,8 +1088,8 @@ func makeTests(t *testing.T) []*TestGroup {
 			tc("TXT with 1 backtick", txt("foobt", "blah`blah")),
 			tc("TXT with 1 double-quotes", txt("foodq", `quo"te`)),
 			tc("TXT with 2 double-quotes", txt("foodqs", `q"uo"te`)),
-			//tc("TXT with 1 backslash", txt("fooosbs", `back\slash`)),
-			clear(),
+			tc("TXT with 1 backslash", txt("fooosbs", `back\slash`)),
+			//clear(),
 
 			tc("TXT interior ws", txt("foosp", "with spaces")),
 			tc("TXT trailing ws", txt("foows1", "with space at end ")),
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ func makeTests(t *testing.T) []*TestGroup {
 			//clear(),
 
 			// TODO(tlim): Re-add this when we fix the RFC1035 escaped-quotes issue.
-			//tc("Create TXT with frequently escaped characters", txt("fooex", `!^.*$@#%^&()([][{}{<></:;-_=+\`)),
+			tc("Create TXT with frequently escaped characters", txt("fooex", `!^.*$@#%^&()([][{}{<></:;-_=+\`)),
 			clear(),
 		),
 
diff --git a/models/record.go b/models/record.go
index 71da6c2fa..a74f0e0a3 100644
--- a/models/record.go
+++ b/models/record.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -324,7 +323,7 @@ func (rc *RecordConfig) ToDiffable(extraMaps ...map[string]string) string {
 		content = fmt.Sprintf("%s %v %d %d %d %d ttl=%d", rc.target, rc.SoaMbox, rc.SoaRefresh, rc.SoaRetry, rc.SoaExpire, rc.SoaMinttl, rc.TTL)
 		// SoaSerial is not used in comparison
 	case "TXT":
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "DEBUG: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\n")
+		//fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "DEBUG: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\n")
 		t := rc.GetTargetField()
 		te := txtutil.EncodeQuoted(t)
 		content = fmt.Sprintf("%v ttl=%d", te, rc.TTL)
@@ -360,9 +359,9 @@ func (rc *RecordConfig) ToDiffable(extraMaps ...map[string]string) string {
 // This replaces ToDiff()
 func (rc *RecordConfig) ToComparableNoTTL() string {
 	if rc.Type == "TXT" {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "DEBUG: ToComNoTTL raw txts=%s q=%q\n", rc.target, rc.target)
+		//fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "DEBUG: ToComNoTTL raw txts=%s q=%q\n", rc.target, rc.target)
 		r := txtutil.EncodeQuoted(rc.target)
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "DEBUG: ToComNoTTL cmp txts=%s q=%q\n", r, r)
+		//fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "DEBUG: ToComNoTTL cmp txts=%s q=%q\n", r, r)
 		return r
 	}
 	return rc.GetTargetCombined()
diff --git a/models/target.go b/models/target.go
index c8eac0f57..c875a23bc 100644
--- a/models/target.go
+++ b/models/target.go
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ func (rc *RecordConfig) GetTargetCombined() string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if rc.Type == "SOA" {
+	switch rc.Type {
+	case "TXT":
+		return rc.target
+	case "SOA":
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s %v %d %d %d %d %d", rc.target, rc.SoaMbox, rc.SoaSerial, rc.SoaRefresh, rc.SoaRetry, rc.SoaExpire, rc.SoaMinttl)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/diff2/compareconfig.go b/pkg/diff2/compareconfig.go
index b238c26b0..6a3cb69b3 100644
--- a/pkg/diff2/compareconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/diff2/compareconfig.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v4/models"
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v4/pkg/prettyzone"
-	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v4/pkg/printer"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -104,9 +103,9 @@ func NewCompareConfig(origin string, existing, desired models.Records, compFn Co
 		labelMap: map[string]bool{},
 		keyMap:   map[models.RecordKey]bool{},
 	}
-	printer.Printf("DEBUG: EXISTING:\n")
+	//printer.Printf("DEBUG: EXISTING:\n")
 	cc.addRecords(existing, true) // Must be called first so that CNAME manipulations happen in the correct order.
-	printer.Printf("DEBUG: DESIRED:\n")
+	//printer.Printf("DEBUG: DESIRED:\n")
 	cc.addRecords(desired, false)
 	cc.verifyCNAMEAssertions()
 	sort.Slice(cc.ldata, func(i, j int) bool {
diff --git a/providers/gandiv5/convert.go b/providers/gandiv5/convert.go
index 0daa0c34d..0e9bb2ec3 100644
--- a/providers/gandiv5/convert.go
+++ b/providers/gandiv5/convert.go
@@ -33,13 +33,17 @@ func nativeToRecords(n livedns.DomainRecord, origin string) (rcs []*models.Recor
 		case "TXT":
 			//err = rc.SetTargetTXTfromRFC1035Quoted(value)
 			t := value
-			printer.Printf("DEBUG gandi txt  inbounds=%s q=%q\n", t, t)
+			//printer.Printf("DEBUG gandi txt  inbounds=%s q=%q\n", t, t)
 			td, err := txtutil.ParseQuoted(t)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			printer.Printf("DEBUG gandi txt  decodeds=%s q=%q\n", td, td)
-			_ = rc.SetTargetTXT(td)
+			//td := t
+			//printer.Printf("DEBUG gandi txt  decodeds=%s q=%q\n", td, td)
+			err = rc.SetTargetTXT(td)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		default:
 			err = rc.PopulateFromString(rtype, value, origin)
 		}
@@ -68,25 +72,27 @@ func recordsToNative(rcs []*models.RecordConfig, origin string) []livedns.Domain
 		}
 		key := r.Key()
 
+		var val string
+		if r.Type == "TXT" {
+			t := r.GetTargetTXTJoined()
+			//printer.Printf("DEBUG: txt outbounds=%s q=%q\n", t, t)
+			val = txtutil.EncodeQuoted(t)
+			//printer.Printf("DEBUG: txt  encodeds=%s q=%q\n", val, val)
+		} else {
+			val = r.GetTargetCombined()
+		}
+
 		if zr, ok := keys[key]; !ok {
-			var vals []string
 			// Allocate a new ZoneRecord:
 			zr := livedns.DomainRecord{
-				RrsetType: r.Type,
-				RrsetTTL:  int(r.TTL),
-				RrsetName: label,
-				//RrsetValues: []string{r.GetTargetCombined()},
+				RrsetType:   r.Type,
+				RrsetTTL:    int(r.TTL),
+				RrsetName:   label,
+				RrsetValues: []string{val},
 			}
-			if r.Type == "TXT" {
-				vals = r.GetTargetTXTChunked255()
-				printer.Printf("DEBUG: gandi TXT  outbounds=%s q=%q\n", vals, vals)
-			} else {
-				vals = []string{r.GetTargetCombined()}
-			}
-			zr.RrsetValues = vals
 			keys[key] = &zr
 		} else {
-			zr.RrsetValues = append(zr.RrsetValues, r.GetTargetCombined())
+			zr.RrsetValues = append(zr.RrsetValues, val)
 
 			if r.TTL != uint32(zr.RrsetTTL) {
 				printer.Warnf("All TTLs for a rrset (%v) must be the same. Using smaller of %v and %v.\n", key, r.TTL, zr.RrsetTTL)
@@ -94,7 +100,6 @@ func recordsToNative(rcs []*models.RecordConfig, origin string) []livedns.Domain
 					zr.RrsetTTL = int(r.TTL)
 				}
 			}
-
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/providers/gandiv5/gandi_v5Provider.go b/providers/gandiv5/gandi_v5Provider.go
index ede3a686d..d4c59d467 100644
--- a/providers/gandiv5/gandi_v5Provider.go
+++ b/providers/gandiv5/gandi_v5Provider.go
@@ -175,9 +175,6 @@ func PrepDesiredRecords(dc *models.DomainConfig) {
 			printer.Warnf("Gandi does not support ttls > 30 days. Setting %s from %d to 2592000\n", rec.GetLabelFQDN(), rec.TTL)
 			rec.TTL = 2592000
 		}
-		//if rec.Type == "TXT" {
-		//	rec.SetTarget("\"" + rec.GetTargetField() + "\"") // FIXME(tlim): Should do proper quoting.
-		//}
 		if rec.Type == "NS" && rec.GetLabel() == "@" {
 			if !strings.HasSuffix(rec.GetTargetField(), ".gandi.net.") {
 				printer.Warnf("Gandi does not support changing apex NS records. Ignoring %s\n", rec.GetTargetField())