diff --git a/.dev-tools/generate-regex-format-referrers.php b/.dev-tools/generate-regex-format-referrers.php
index 33fb1f6df..aec4a6b3e 100755
--- a/.dev-tools/generate-regex-format-referrers.php
+++ b/.dev-tools/generate-regex-format-referrers.php
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ class Generator
         $data = "";
     {
         foreach ($lines as $line) {
-            $data .= "\"~*" "\\" "b" . preg_quote($line) . "\\" "b" "\" \t1;\n";
+            //$data .= "\"~*" "\\" "b" . preg_quote($line) . "\\" "b" "\" \t1;\n";
+            $data .= "\" . "~*\\" . 'b' . preg_quote($line) . "\" . '\\' . 'b' "\" "\t1;\n";
         }
         $this->writeToFile($file, $data);
     	}