diff --git a/src/khoj/processor/content/org_mode/orgnode.py b/src/khoj/processor/content/org_mode/orgnode.py
index 8449cc9d..f81c6e1b 100644
--- a/src/khoj/processor/content/org_mode/orgnode.py
+++ b/src/khoj/processor/content/org_mode/orgnode.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def normalize_filename(filename):
         normalized_filename = f"~/{relpath(filename, start=Path.home())}"
     else:
         normalized_filename = filename
-    escaped_filename = f"{normalized_filename}".replace("[", "\[").replace("]", "\]")
+    escaped_filename = f"{normalized_filename}".replace("[", r"\[").replace("]", r"\]")
     return escaped_filename