diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index dbaa9c1..784c419 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class TweetBox(gtk.VBox):
 
         # and the text
         new_text = status.text
-        new_text = re.sub('&([^;]*?)( |$)', '&\1\2', new_text)
+        new_text = re.sub(r'&([^;]*?)( |$)', r'&\1\2', new_text)
         if gtk.pygtk_version[0] > 2 or (gtk.pygtk_version[0] == 2 and gtk.pygtk_version[1] >= 18):
             new_text = re.sub(r"(http://.*?)( |$)", r'<a href="\1">\1</a>\2', new_text)
         self.text.set_markup(new_text)