diff --git a/sbysrc/sby_status.py b/sbysrc/sby_status.py
index b693cea..8807086 100644
--- a/sbysrc/sby_status.py
+++ b/sbysrc/sby_status.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def transaction(method: Fn) -> Fn:
             self.log_debug(f"failed {method.__name__!r} transaction {err}")
             if not isinstance(err, sqlite3.OperationalError):
                 raise
-            if re.match("table \w+ has no column named \w+", err.args[0]):
+            if re.match(r"table \w+ has no column named \w+", err.args[0]):
                 err.add_note("SBY status database can be reset with --statusreset")
                 raise
         else: