diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 6cc40ea5d8..ae260232f9 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False, alert=False, comment=False):
 	else:
 		sanitized = re.sub('(^|\s|\n|<p>)\/?((r|u)\/\w{3,25})', r'\1<a href="https://old.reddit.com/\2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">\2</a>', sanitized)
 
-		for i in re.finditer('(^|\s|\n|<p>)@((\w|-){1,25})($|\s|\n|<\\p>)', sanitized):
+		for i in re.finditer('(^|\s|\n|<p>)@((\w|-){1,25})($|\s|\n|</p>)', sanitized):
 			u = get_user(i.group(2), graceful=True)
 
 			if u and (not g.v.any_block_exists(u) or g.v.admin_level > 1):