diff --git a/game/manage.py b/game/manage.py
index fbf7a6e675..0aae13818b 100755
--- a/game/manage.py
+++ b/game/manage.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if not os.path.exists('settings.py'):
 
     # make random secret_key.
     import random, string
-    secret_key = list((string.letters + string.digits + string.punctuation).replace("'",'"'))
+    secret_key = list((string.letters + string.digits + string.punctuation).replace("\\","").replace("'",'"'))
     random.shuffle(secret_key)
     secret_key = "".join(secret_key[:40])