diff --git a/setup_creators/solutions/config/config.yaml b/setup_creators/solutions/config/config.yaml
index 6bc1240..8967842 100644
--- a/setup_creators/solutions/config/config.yaml
+++ b/setup_creators/solutions/config/config.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ samples:
   B: data/samples/B.fastq
 
 bwa_map:
-  rg: r"@RG\tID:{sample}\tSM:{sample}"
+  rg: "@RG\\tID:{sample}\\tSM:{sample}"
diff --git a/slides/creators/Decorating_the_Workflow.tex b/slides/creators/Decorating_the_Workflow.tex
index 65e7d70..1d96e59 100644
--- a/slides/creators/Decorating_the_Workflow.tex
+++ b/slides/creators/Decorating_the_Workflow.tex
@@ -283,10 +283,10 @@ \subsection{The Configuration File}
 \begin{frame}[fragile]
   \frametitle{Rule Parameters II}
   This is usually part of the configuration file(s), too.\newline
-  If you put this in your config file (the \altverb{r} in \altverb{r"<something>"} stands for "raw strings"):
+  If you put this in your config file (the double \altverb{\\} "escape" to \altverb{\t}):
   \begin{lstlisting}[language=Python,style=Python]
 bwa_map:
-   rg=r"@RG\tID:{sample}\tSM:{sample}"
+   rg="@RG\\tID:{sample}\\tSM:{sample}"
   \end{lstlisting}
   and in your code:
   \begin{lstlisting}[language=Python,style=Python]