diff --git a/integration_tests/test_str_01.py b/integration_tests/test_str_01.py
index 7da6cd83bc..eafe27eae2 100644
--- a/integration_tests/test_str_01.py
+++ b/integration_tests/test_str_01.py
@@ -27,9 +27,16 @@ def test_str_index():
     assert a[-1] == "5"
     assert a[-6] == "0"
 
+def test_str_slice():
+    a: str
+    a = "012345"
+    assert a[2:4] == "23"
+    assert a[2:3] == a[2]
+
 def check():
     f()
     test_str_concat()
     test_str_index()
+    test_str_slice()
 
 check()
diff --git a/src/libasr/codegen/asr_to_llvm.cpp b/src/libasr/codegen/asr_to_llvm.cpp
index 180c3073e8..8396ce0914 100644
--- a/src/libasr/codegen/asr_to_llvm.cpp
+++ b/src/libasr/codegen/asr_to_llvm.cpp
@@ -1075,7 +1075,9 @@ class ASRToLLVMVisitor : public ASR::BaseVisitor<ASRToLLVMVisitor>
                     //throw CodeGenError("Only string(a:b) for a,b variables for now.", x.base.base.loc);
                     // Use the "right" index for now
                     this->visit_expr_wrapper(x.m_args[0].m_right, true);
-                    llvm::Value *idx = tmp;
+                    llvm::Value *idx2 = tmp;
+                    this->visit_expr_wrapper(x.m_args[0].m_left, true);
+                    llvm::Value *idx1 = tmp;
                     // idx = builder->CreateSub(idx, llvm::ConstantInt::get(context, llvm::APInt(32, 1)));
                     //std::vector<llvm::Value*> idx_vec = {llvm::ConstantInt::get(context, llvm::APInt(32, 0)), idx};
                     // std::vector<llvm::Value*> idx_vec = {idx};
@@ -1083,7 +1085,7 @@ class ASRToLLVMVisitor : public ASR::BaseVisitor<ASRToLLVMVisitor>
                     // llvm::Value *p = CreateGEP(str, idx_vec);
                     // TODO: Currently the string starts at the right location, but goes to the end of the original string.
                     // We have to allocate a new string, copy it and add null termination.
-                    llvm::Value *p = lfortran_str_copy(str, idx, idx);
+                    llvm::Value *p = lfortran_str_copy(str, idx1, idx2);
 
                     tmp = builder->CreateAlloca(character_type, nullptr);
                     builder->CreateStore(p, tmp);
diff --git a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
index eac5ea628a..72f86a79ec 100644
--- a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
+++ b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ class CommonVisitor : public AST::BaseVisitor<Derived> {
                 if (!ASRUtils::is_integer(*ASRUtils::expr_type(ASRUtils::EXPR(tmp)))) {
                     throw SemanticError("slice indices must be integers or None", tmp->loc);
                 }
-                ai.m_right = index_add_one(x.base.base.loc, ASRUtils::EXPR(tmp));
+                ai.m_right = ASRUtils::EXPR(tmp);
             }
             if (s->m_step != nullptr) {
                 this->visit_expr(*s->m_step);
diff --git a/tests/reference/asr-subscript1-1acfc19.json b/tests/reference/asr-subscript1-1acfc19.json
index 8b73e7d124..afd511acd1 100644
--- a/tests/reference/asr-subscript1-1acfc19.json
+++ b/tests/reference/asr-subscript1-1acfc19.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "outfile": null,
     "outfile_hash": null,
     "stdout": "asr-subscript1-1acfc19.stdout",
-    "stdout_hash": "ce3de13d575b58ea45610106701fea385509a39f0a88cd9a96b1f3a9",
+    "stdout_hash": "567ee666c2e63003152d97effb4b33f7866639a4a3285f564b9a7689",
     "stderr": null,
     "stderr_hash": null,
     "returncode": 0
diff --git a/tests/reference/asr-subscript1-1acfc19.stdout b/tests/reference/asr-subscript1-1acfc19.stdout
index a94bea3e91..23ba2c3377 100644
--- a/tests/reference/asr-subscript1-1acfc19.stdout
+++ b/tests/reference/asr-subscript1-1acfc19.stdout
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+(TranslationUnit (SymbolTable 1 {main_program: (Program (SymbolTable 3 {}) main_program [] []), test_subscript: (Subroutine (SymbolTable 2 {A: (Variable 2 A Local () () Default (Integer 4 [((IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (IntegerConstant 5 (Integer 4 [])))]) Source Public Required .false.), B: (Variable 2 B Local () () Default (Integer 4 [((IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (IntegerConstant 2 (Integer 4 [])))]) Source Public Required .false.), i: (Variable 2 i Local () () Default (Integer 4 []) Source Public Required .false.), s: (Variable 2 s Local () () Default (Character 1 -2 () []) Source Public Required .false.)}) test_subscript [] [(= (Var 2 s) (StringConstant "abc" (Character 1 3 () [])) ()) (= (Var 2 s) (ArrayRef 2 s [((BinOp (IntegerConstant 0 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()) (BinOp (IntegerConstant 0 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()) ())] (Character 1 -2 () []) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 s) (ArrayRef 2 s [((BinOp (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()) (IntegerConstant 2 (Integer 4 [])) ())] (Character 1 -2 () []) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 s) (ArrayRef 2 s [(() () ())] (Character 1 -2 () []) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 s) (ArrayRef 2 s [(() () (BinOp (UnaryOp USub (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) (IntegerConstant -1 (Integer 4 []))) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()))] (Character 1 -2 () []) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 s) (ArrayRef 2 s [(() () (BinOp (IntegerConstant 2 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()))] (Character 1 -2 () []) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 s) (ArrayRef 2 s [((BinOp (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()) (IntegerConstant 88 (Integer 4 [])) (BinOp (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()))] (Character 1 -2 () []) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 s) (ArrayRef 2 s [((IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (BinOp (UnaryOp USub (IntegerConstant 4 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) (IntegerConstant -4 (Integer 4 []))) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()))] (Character 1 -2 () []) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 s) (ArrayRef 2 s [((BinOp (UnaryOp USub (IntegerConstant 89 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) (IntegerConstant -89 (Integer 4 []))) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()) () (BinOp (IntegerConstant 4 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()))] (Character 1 -2 () []) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 s) (ArrayRef 2 s [((BinOp (UnaryOp USub (IntegerConstant 3 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) (IntegerConstant -3 (Integer 4 []))) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()) (UnaryOp USub (IntegerConstant 3 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) (IntegerConstant -3 (Integer 4 []))) (BinOp (UnaryOp USub (IntegerConstant 3 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) (IntegerConstant -3 (Integer 4 []))) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()))] (Character 1 -2 () []) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 s) (ArrayRef 2 s [((BinOp (IntegerConstant 2 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()) (IntegerConstant 3 (Integer 4 [])) ())] (Character 1 -2 () []) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 i) (ArrayRef 2 A [(() (BinOp (IntegerConstant 0 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()) ())] (Integer 4 [((IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (IntegerConstant 5 (Integer 4 [])))]) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 B) (ArrayRef 2 A [((BinOp (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()) (IntegerConstant 3 (Integer 4 [])) ())] (Integer 4 [((IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (IntegerConstant 5 (Integer 4 [])))]) ()) ()) (= (Var 2 B) (ArrayRef 2 A [((BinOp (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()) (IntegerConstant 2 (Integer 4 [])) (BinOp (IntegerConstant 3 (Integer 4 [])) Add (IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (Integer 4 []) () ()))] (Integer 4 [((IntegerConstant 1 (Integer 4 [])) (IntegerConstant 5 (Integer 4 [])))]) ()) ())] Source Public Implementation () .false. .false.)}) [])