diff --git a/rss/rss.py b/rss/rss.py
index a5485c2..12ed806 100644
--- a/rss/rss.py
+++ b/rss/rss.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from .tag_type import INTERNAL_TAGS, VALID_IMAGES, TagType
 log = logging.getLogger("red.aikaterna.rss")
 
 
-IPV4_RE = re.compile("\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}")
+IPV4_RE = re.compile("\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}")
 IPV6_RE = re.compile("([a-f0-9:]+:+)+[a-f0-9]+")