diff --git a/scripts/make-folklist.py b/scripts/make-folklist.py
index 11cf8ce27..e2389e6ee 100644
--- a/scripts/make-folklist.py
+++ b/scripts/make-folklist.py
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ def troggle_slugify(longname):
     This function copied instact from troggle/parsers/people/py
     """
     slug = longname.strip().lower().replace(" ","-")
-    slug = re.sub('\([^\)]*\)','',slug) # remove nickname in brackets
+    slug = re.sub(r'\([^\)]*\)','',slug) # remove nickname in brackets
     slug = slug.replace('é', 'e') 
     slug = slug.replace('á', 'a') 
     slug = slug.replace('ä', 'a') 
     slug = slug.replace('&', '') # otherwise just remove the &
     slug = slug.replace(';', '') # otherwise just remove the ;
-    slug = re.sub('<[^>]*>','',slug) # remove <span-lang = "hu">
+    slug = re.sub(r'<[^>]*>','',slug) # remove <span-lang = "hu">
     
     if len(slug) > 40: # slugfield is 50 chars
         slug = slug[:40]