diff --git a/pa_job_manager.py b/pa_job_manager.py
index a27d895..d0e5460 100644
--- a/pa_job_manager.py
+++ b/pa_job_manager.py
@@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@ def ReloadMetadata(job):
     fnames = glob.glob( f'{mpath}/no_match_overrides/*' )
     for fname in fnames:
         # type derived from fname (e.g. 0_Too Young_md5*, 1_Too Young, 2_Ingore Face, etc.)
-        match=re.search( '(\d+)_([^_\.]+)', fname )
+        match=re.search( r'(\d+)_([^_\.]+)', fname )
         face_id=match.group(1)
         type_name=match.group(2)
         otype = session.query(FaceOverrideType).filter(FaceOverrideType.name==type_name).one()
@@ -2321,7 +2321,7 @@ def ReloadMetadata(job):
     fnames = glob.glob( f'{mpath}force_match_overrides/*' )
     for fname in fnames:
         # person derived from fname (e.g. 0_ddp_md5*, 1_ddp, 2_mich, etc.)
-        match=re.search( '(\d+)_([^_]+)', fname )
+        match=re.search( r'(\d+)_([^_]+)', fname )
         face_id=match.group(1)
         person_tag=match.group(2)
         p = session.query(Person).filter(Person.tag==person_tag).first()