diff --git a/maskgen.py b/maskgen.py
index 2147a87..681f0e3 100755
--- a/maskgen.py
+++ b/maskgen.py
@@ -179,15 +179,15 @@ def getmaskscoverage(self, checkmasks):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
-    header = "                       _ \n"
-    header += "     MaskGen %s    | |\n" % VERSION
-    header += "      _ __   __ _  ___| | _\n"
-    header += "     | '_ \ / _` |/ __| |/ /\n"
-    header += "     | |_) | (_| | (__|   < \n"
-    header += "     | .__/ \__,_|\___|_|\_\\\n"
-    header += "     | |                    \n"
-    header += "     |_| iphelix@thesprawl.org\n"
-    header += "\n"
+    header =   "                       _ \n"
+    header +=  "     MaskGen %s    | |\n" % VERSION
+    header +=  "      _ __   __ _  ___| | _\n"
+    header += r"     | '_ \ / _` |/ __| |/ /{}".format("\n")
+    header +=  "     | |_) | (_| | (__|   < \n"
+    header += r"     | .__/ \__,_|\___|_|\_{}".format("\\\n")
+    header +=  "     | |                    \n"
+    header +=  "     |_| iphelix@thesprawl.org\n"
+    header +=  "\n"
 
     parser = OptionParser("%prog pass0.masks [pass1.masks ...] [options]", version="%prog "+VERSION)
 
diff --git a/policygen.py b/policygen.py
index 108d759..bcae5ba 100755
--- a/policygen.py
+++ b/policygen.py
@@ -148,15 +148,15 @@ def generate_masks(self, noncompliant):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
-    header = "                       _ \n"
-    header += "     PolicyGen %s  | |\n" % VERSION
-    header += "      _ __   __ _  ___| | _\n"
-    header += "     | '_ \ / _` |/ __| |/ /\n"
-    header += "     | |_) | (_| | (__|   < \n"
-    header += "     | .__/ \__,_|\___|_|\_\\\n"
-    header += "     | |                    \n"
-    header += "     |_| iphelix@thesprawl.org\n"
-    header += "\n"
+    header =   "                       _ \n"
+    header +=  "     PolicyGen %s  | |\n" % VERSION
+    header +=  "      _ __   __ _  ___| | _\n"
+    header += r"     | '_ \ / _` |/ __| |/ /{}".format("\n")
+    header +=  "     | |_) | (_| | (__|   < \n"
+    header += r"     | .__/ \__,_|\___|_|\_{}".format("\\\n")
+    header +=  "     | |                    \n"
+    header +=  "     |_| iphelix@thesprawl.org\n"
+    header +=  "\n"
 
     # parse command line arguments
     parser = OptionParser("%prog [options]\n\nType --help for more options", version="%prog " + VERSION)
diff --git a/rulegen.py b/rulegen.py
index 29397f4..dc389cb 100755
--- a/rulegen.py
+++ b/rulegen.py
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ def __init__(self, language="en", providers="aspell,myspell", basename='analysis
         # Preanalysis Password Patterns
         self.password_pattern = dict()
         self.password_pattern["insertion"] = re.compile('^[^a-z]*(?P<password>.+?)[^a-z]*$', re.IGNORECASE)
-        self.password_pattern["email"] = re.compile('^(?P<password>.+?)@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}', re.IGNORECASE)
-        self.password_pattern["alldigits"] = re.compile('^(\d+)$', re.IGNORECASE)
+        self.password_pattern["email"] = re.compile(r'^(?P<password>.+?)@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}', re.IGNORECASE)
+        self.password_pattern["alldigits"] = re.compile(r'^(\d+)$', re.IGNORECASE)
         self.password_pattern["allspecial"] = re.compile('^([^a-z0-9]+)$', re.IGNORECASE)
 
         ########################################################################
@@ -1130,14 +1130,14 @@ def verify_hashcat_rules(self, word, rules, password):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     header = "                       _ \n"
-    header += "     RuleGen %s    | |\n" % VERSION
-    header += "      _ __   __ _  ___| | _\n"
-    header += "     | '_ \ / _` |/ __| |/ /\n"
-    header += "     | |_) | (_| | (__|   < \n"
-    header += "     | .__/ \__,_|\___|_|\_\\\n"
-    header += "     | |                    \n"
-    header += "     |_| iphelix@thesprawl.org\n"
-    header += "\n"
+    header +=  "     RuleGen %s    | |\n" % VERSION
+    header +=  "      _ __   __ _  ___| | _\n"
+    header += r"     | '_ \ / _` |/ __| |/ /{}".format("\n")
+    header +=  "     | |_) | (_| | (__|   < \n"
+    header += r"     | .__/ \__,_|\___|_|\_{}".format("\\\n")
+    header +=  "     | |                    \n"
+    header +=  "     |_| iphelix@thesprawl.org\n"
+    header +=  "\n"
 
     parser = OptionParser("%prog [options] passwords.txt", version="%prog " + VERSION)
 
diff --git a/statsgen.py b/statsgen.py
index d6f174a..c81bb2a 100755
--- a/statsgen.py
+++ b/statsgen.py
@@ -241,15 +241,15 @@ def print_stats(self):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
-    header = "                       _ \n"
-    header += "     StatsGen %s   | |\n" % VERSION
-    header += "      _ __   __ _  ___| | _\n"
-    header += "     | '_ \ / _` |/ __| |/ /\n"
-    header += "     | |_) | (_| | (__|   < \n"
-    header += "     | .__/ \__,_|\___|_|\_\\\n"
-    header += "     | |                    \n"
-    header += "     |_| iphelix@thesprawl.org\n"
-    header += "\n"
+    header =  "                       _ \n"
+    header +=  "     StatsGen %s   | |\n" % VERSION
+    header +=  "      _ __   __ _  ___| | _\n"
+    header += r"     | '_ \ / _` |/ __| |/ /{}".format("\n")
+    header +=  "     | |_) | (_| | (__|   < \n"
+    header += r"     | .__/ \__,_|\___|_|\_{}".format("\\\n")
+    header +=  "     | |                    \n"
+    header +=  "     |_| iphelix@thesprawl.org\n"
+    header +=  "\n"
 
     parser = OptionParser("%prog [options] passwords.txt\n\nType --help for more options", version="%prog "+VERSION)