diff --git a/tokenize.c b/tokenize.c
index cb71c11..5662ef3 100644
--- a/tokenize.c
+++ b/tokenize.c
@@ -1333,28 +1333,28 @@ int Tokenize( char *line, unsigned int start, struct asm_tok tokenarray[], unsig
                 ;//OK QWORD
               else
                 goto nobcst;                       /* let parser throw error */
-              if (*input1 != '\[') {               /* if address is not inside [] */
-                *p1++ = '\[';                      /* force it   */
+              if (*input1 != '[') {               /* if address is not inside [] */
+                *p1++ = '[';                      /* force it   */
                 for (; *input1 > ','; p1++, input1++) {  /* input1 points to [address] */
                   if (*input1 == ';') 
                     break;
                   *p1 = *input1;                     /* copy first memory part over 'qword bcst */
                 }
-                *p1++ = '\]';
+                *p1++ = ']';
                 if (*input1 == ';')
                   *input1 = 0;
                 while (isspace(*input1)) input1++;   /* skip the space, now pointing to address  */
               }
               else {
-                for (; *input1 != '\]'; p1++, input1++) /* input1 points to [address] */
+                for (; *input1 != ']'; p1++, input1++) /* input1 points to [address] */
                   *p1 = *input1;                     /* copy first memory part over 'qword bcst */
                 *p1++ = *input1++;                   /* copy ']' */
               }
               /* now add broadcast size */
-              if (cnt == 2)       strcpy(p1, "\{1to2\}");
-              else if (cnt == 4)  strcpy(p1, "\{1to4\}");
-              else if (cnt == 8)  strcpy(p1, "\{1to8\}");
-              else if (cnt == 16) strcpy(p1, "\{1to16\}");
+              if (cnt == 2)       strcpy(p1, "{1to2}");
+              else if (cnt == 4)  strcpy(p1, "{1to4}");
+              else if (cnt == 8)  strcpy(p1, "{1to8}");
+              else if (cnt == 16) strcpy(p1, "{1to16}");
               else goto nobcst;                   /* let parser throw error */
               strcat(p1, input1);
             }
@@ -1364,24 +1364,24 @@ int Tokenize( char *line, unsigned int start, struct asm_tok tokenarray[], unsig
                 if (*p1 == ';') {                        /* found  ';' */
                   *p1 = 0;                             /* that means '{' is in comment */
                 }
-                if (*p1 == '\{') {                     /* found  '{' */
-                  if ((_memicmp(p1, "\{1to", 4) == 0))
+                if (*p1 == '{') {                     /* found  '{' */
+                  if ((_memicmp(p1, "{1to", 4) == 0))
                     break;                             /* found "bcst" */
                 }                                      /* if it was {kn} or {z} search till end */
               }
-              if (*p1 == '\{') {                       /* if found {1toN} */
+              if (*p1 == '{') {                       /* if found {1toN} */
                 p1--;                                  /* go back 1 byte to check if ']' is present */
                 while (isspace(*p1)) --p1;             /* skip the space  */
-                if (*p1 != '\]') {                     /* if not present insert it  */
+                if (*p1 != ']') {                     /* if not present insert it  */
                   while (*p1 != ',') --p1;             /* step backwards till the comma */
                   p1++;                                /* skip the comma forward  */
                   input1 = p1;                         /* save that location in input1  */
                   while (isspace(*p1)) p1++;           /* skip the space  */
                   strcpy(buff, p1);                    /* copy to the buffer from variable on  */
-                  *input1++ = '\[';                    /* skip the space  */
-                  for (p1 = buff; *p1 != '\{'; p1++, input1++) /* till the end of var  */
+                  *input1++ = '[';                    /* skip the space  */
+                  for (p1 = buff; *p1 != '{'; p1++, input1++) /* till the end of var  */
                     *input1 = *p1;                      /* copy it back to input string  */
-                  *input1++ = '\]';                    /* insert ']' before '{' */
+                  *input1++ = ']';                    /* insert ']' before '{' */
                   strcpy(input1, p1);                  /* now copy the rest of string from buffer */
                 }
               }