diff --git a/tests/test_units.py b/tests/test_units.py
index a6ff9db..c495ac9 100644
--- a/tests/test_units.py
+++ b/tests/test_units.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def test_robots_connection_failure():
 
 def test_scoping():
     test_scope = yaml.safe_load(
-        """
+        r"""
 max_hops: 100
 accepts:
 - url_match: REGEX_MATCH