diff --git a/generate.py b/generate.py
index 4b74e2a..7d00e8c 100755
--- a/generate.py
+++ b/generate.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def load_and_replace(bibtex_file):
 
     if group_by_year:
         for pub in pubs:
-            m = re.search('(\d{4})', pub['year'])
+            m = re.search(r'(\d{4})', pub['year'])
             assert m is not None
             pub['year_int'] = int(m.group(1))
 
@@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ def _format_author_list(immut_author_list):
             if len(k) > 0:
                 assert len(k) == 1, k
                 url = author_urls[k[0]]
-                new_auth = f"\href{{{url}}}{{{new_auth}}}"
+                new_auth = fr"\href{{{url}}}{{{new_auth}}}"
 
             if config['name'] in new_auth:
                 new_auth = r"\textbf{" + new_auth + r"}"
             new_auth = new_auth.replace('. ', '.~')
-            new_auth = '\mbox{' + new_auth + '}'
+            new_auth = r'\mbox{' + new_auth + '}'
             formatted_authors.append(new_auth)
         return formatted_authors
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ def _get_pub_str(pub, prefix, gidx):
         links = ' '.join(links)
 
         highlight = 'selected' in pub and pub['selected'].lower() == 'true'
-        highlight_color = '\cellcolor{tab_highlight}' if highlight else ''
+        highlight_color = r'\cellcolor{tab_highlight}' if highlight else ''
         if '_note' in pub:
             # note_str = r'{} && \textbf{{{}}} \\'.format(
             note_str = f"({pub['_note']})"
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def load_and_replace(bibtex_file):
 
     if group_by_year:
         for pub in pubs:
-            m = re.search('(\d{4})', pub['year'])
+            m = re.search(r'(\d{4})', pub['year'])
             assert m is not None
             pub['year_int'] = int(m.group(1))
 
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def add_repo_data(context, config, in_tex):
         assert 'year' in item
         assert 'github' in item['repo_url']
 
-        short_name = re.search('.*github\.com/(.*)', item['repo_url'])[1]
+        short_name = re.search(r'.*github\.com/(.*)', item['repo_url'])[1]
         if 'name' not in item:
             item['name'] = short_name.replace('_', '\\_') if in_tex else short_name
 
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def write_to_outfile(self, output_data):
         (r'\\ ', ' '),  # spaces
         (r'\\&', '&'),  # unescape &
         (r'\\_', '_'),  # unescape _
-        (r'\\\$', '\$'),  # unescape $
+        (r'\\\$', r'\$'),  # unescape $
         (r'\\%', '%'),  # unescape %
         (r'\\textbf{(.*?)}', r'<b>\1</b>'),  # bold text
         (r'\{ *\\bf *(.*?)\}', r'<b>\1</b>'),