diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/utils/format_utils.py b/deluge/ui/console/utils/format_utils.py
index 087a19621..6abe7eed8 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/utils/format_utils.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/utils/format_utils.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def format_row(row, column_widths):
     return ''.join([format_column(row[i], column_widths[i]) for i in range(0, len(row))])
 
 
-_strip_re = re.compile('\\{!.*?!\\}')
+_strip_re = re.compile(r'\{!.*?!\}')
 _format_code = re.compile(r'\{\|(.*)\|\}')