diff --git a/forensics/mxvmem b/forensics/mxvmem
index e2cf070..250717e 100755
--- a/forensics/mxvmem
+++ b/forensics/mxvmem
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class ProcStreamParser():
   '''
   def __init__(self,procfshandler):
     self.pfh      = procfshandler
-    self.pidrex   = re.compile('/proc/(\d+)/(\S+)\s+(.*)') # :xxx: hardcoded '/proc'
+    self.pidrex   = re.compile(r'/proc/(\d+)/(\S+)\s+(.*)') # :xxx: hardcoded '/proc'
 
   def parse(self, line):
     m = self.pidrex.match(line)