diff --git a/scripts/mw2html_audacity/mw2html.py b/scripts/mw2html_audacity/mw2html.py
index 3d4639380..dccbf763f 100644
--- a/scripts/mw2html_audacity/mw2html.py
+++ b/scripts/mw2html_audacity/mw2html.py
@@ -946,6 +946,7 @@ def parse_html(doc, url, filename):
     newdoc = newdoc.replace('\\n','\n')
     newdoc = newdoc.replace('\\t', '\t')
     newdoc = newdoc.replace('\\\'', '\'')
+    newdoc = newdoc.replace('\\\\', '\\')
     newdoc = newdoc.replace('\\xe2\\x80\\x99','\'')
     newdoc = newdoc.replace('\\xe2\\x80\\x90', '-')
     newdoc = newdoc.strip('b')
diff --git a/scripts/mw2html_audacity/wiki2htmtemp.bat b/scripts/mw2html_audacity/wiki2htmtemp.bat
index a777dd0b7..ec45ef7fd 100644
--- a/scripts/mw2html_audacity/wiki2htmtemp.bat
+++ b/scripts/mw2html_audacity/wiki2htmtemp.bat
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @REM wiki2htm without the xcopy.  The results stay in the temp directory.  
 @REM Can be convenient when testing/modifying the script.
-python3 mw2html.py https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man ..\..\help\temp -s
+python mw2html.py https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man ..\..\help\temp -s