diff --git a/pandora/documentcollection/views.py b/pandora/documentcollection/views.py
index cfe3e8f7..a678bd17 100644
--- a/pandora/documentcollection/views.py
+++ b/pandora/documentcollection/views.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def addCollection(request, data):
     'type' and 'view'.
     see: editCollection, findCollections, getCollection, removeCollection, sortCollections
     '''
-    data['name'] = re.sub(' \[\d+\]$', '', data.get('name', 'Untitled')).strip()
+    data['name'] = re.sub(r' \[\d+\]$', '', data.get('name', 'Untitled')).strip()
     name = data['name']
     if not name:
         name = "Untitled"
diff --git a/pandora/edit/views.py b/pandora/edit/views.py
index 4de8679d..c096b464 100644
--- a/pandora/edit/views.py
+++ b/pandora/edit/views.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def addEdit(request, data):
     }
     see: editEdit, findEdit, getEdit, removeEdit, sortEdits
     '''
-    data['name'] = re.sub(' \[\d+\]$', '', data.get('name', 'Untitled')).strip()
+    data['name'] = re.sub(r' \[\d+\]$', '', data.get('name', 'Untitled')).strip()
     name = data['name']
     if not name:
         name = "Untitled"
diff --git a/pandora/item/utils.py b/pandora/item/utils.py
index fce7d724..83932967 100644
--- a/pandora/item/utils.py
+++ b/pandora/item/utils.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def sort_title(title):
     title = sort_string(title)
 
     #title
-    title = re.sub('[\'!¿¡,\.;\-"\:\*\[\]]', '', title)
+    title = re.sub(r'[\'!¿¡,\.;\-"\:\*\[\]]', '', title)
     return title.strip()
 
 def get_positions(ids, pos, decode_id=False):
diff --git a/pandora/itemlist/views.py b/pandora/itemlist/views.py
index 82857d45..a55f5f04 100644
--- a/pandora/itemlist/views.py
+++ b/pandora/itemlist/views.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def addList(request, data):
     'type' and 'view'.
     see: editList, findLists, getList, removeList, sortLists
     '''
-    data['name'] = re.sub(' \[\d+\]$', '', data.get('name', 'Untitled')).strip()
+    data['name'] = re.sub(r' \[\d+\]$', '', data.get('name', 'Untitled')).strip()
     name = data['name']
     if not name:
         name = "Untitled"
diff --git a/pandora/text/views.py b/pandora/text/views.py
index 33338675..552db47f 100644
--- a/pandora/text/views.py
+++ b/pandora/text/views.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def addText(request, data):
     }
     see: editText, findTexts, getText, removeText, sortTexts
     '''
-    data['name'] = re.sub(' \[\d+\]$', '', data.get('name', 'Untitled')).strip()
+    data['name'] = re.sub(r' \[\d+\]$', '', data.get('name', 'Untitled')).strip()
     name = data['name']
     if not name:
         name = "Untitled"
diff --git a/pandora/urlalias/views.py b/pandora/urlalias/views.py
index 9ed1a36c..541f61d8 100644
--- a/pandora/urlalias/views.py
+++ b/pandora/urlalias/views.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def padma_video(request, url):
         except:
             return app.views.index(request)
     if view:
-        timecodes = re.compile('(\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3})-(\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3})').findall(view)
+        timecodes = re.compile(r'(\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3})-(\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3})').findall(view)
         if timecodes:
             view = ','.join(timecodes[0])
     if view:
diff --git a/pandora/user/views.py b/pandora/user/views.py
index aa452cec..a2a678f1 100644
--- a/pandora/user/views.py
+++ b/pandora/user/views.py
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ def addGroup(request, data):
     created = False
     n = 1
     name = data['name']
-    _name = re.sub(' \[\d+\]$', '', name).strip()
+    _name = re.sub(r' \[\d+\]$', '', name).strip()
     while not created:
         g, created = Group.objects.get_or_create(name=name)
         n += 1
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ def editGroup(request, data):
     name = data['name']
     n = 1
     name = data['name']
-    _name = re.sub(' \[\d+\]$', '', name).strip()
+    _name = re.sub(r' \[\d+\]$', '', name).strip()
     while Group.objects.filter(name=name).count():
         n += 1
         name = '%s [%d]' % (_name, n)