diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 2f34e76..4fcbc42 100755
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ extensions = [ "hardLineBreak" ]
 [params.mastodoncomments]
   # Link to your Mastodon profile. Please use the format https://<instanceURL>/users/<youruser>
   user    = "https://mastodon.social/users/mxmehl"
-  # A regex which defines the relative path for URLs which you want to grep comments for.
-  # Character classes like \d (digits) have to be escaped, so \\d
-  regex   = '/blog/\\d\\d\\d\\d/.+$'
+  # A regex which defines the relative path for URLs which you want to grep comments for
+  regex   = '/blog/\d\d\d\d/.+$'
   # Contact address or URL. Can be a relative or absolute URL, or also a mailto:// address
   contact = "/contact/"