diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
index bdad427..e2725b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class JSONArray implements Iterable<Object> {
      *             If there is a syntax error.
      */
     public JSONArray(JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
-        this(x, new JSONParserConfiguration());
+        this(x, x.getJsonParserConfiguration());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java
index 7ec1b2c..d50fff7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public class JSONObject {
      *             duplicated key.
      */
     public JSONObject(JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
-        this(x, new JSONParserConfiguration());
+        this(x, x.getJsonParserConfiguration());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONArrayTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONArrayTest.java
index e6d7147..584e47c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONArrayTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONArrayTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
@@ -1509,6 +1510,14 @@ public class JSONArrayTest {
         new JSONArray(array);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testStrictModeJSONTokener_expectException(){
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration().withStrictMode();
+        JSONTokener tokener = new JSONTokener("[\"value\"]invalidCharacters", jsonParserConfiguration);
+
+        assertThrows(JSONException.class, () -> { new JSONArray(tokener); });
+    }
+
     public static ArrayList<Object> buildNestedArray(int maxDepth) {
         if (maxDepth <= 0) {
             return new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
index 7f121f3..889113d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
@@ -3853,6 +3853,15 @@ public class JSONObjectTest {
         assertEquals(j3.getString("hex6"), "0011");
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStrictModeJSONTokener_expectException(){
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration().withStrictMode();
+        JSONTokener tokener = new JSONTokener("{\"key\":\"value\"}invalidCharacters", jsonParserConfiguration);
+
+        assertThrows(JSONException.class, () -> { new JSONObject(tokener); });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Method to build nested map of max maxDepth
      *