diff --git a/bin/autojump_match.py b/bin/autojump_match.py
index 8747b90..4fe3814 100644
--- a/bin/autojump_match.py
+++ b/bin/autojump_match.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def match_consecutive(needles, haystack, ignore_case=False):
             (path='/foo/baz', weight=10),
         ]
     """
-    regex_no_sep = '[^' + os.sep + ']*'
+    regex_no_sep = '[^\\' + os.sep + ']*'
     regex_no_sep_end = regex_no_sep + '$'
     regex_one_sep = regex_no_sep + os.sep + regex_no_sep
     regex_needle = regex_one_sep.join(imap(re.escape, needles)) + regex_no_sep_end