diff --git a/services/comms/guest-name-job.yaml b/services/comms/guest-name-job.yaml
index d1466e5..f31f949 100644
--- a/services/comms/guest-name-job.yaml
+++ b/services/comms/guest-name-job.yaml
@@ -271,13 +271,13 @@ spec:
                               with conn.cursor() as cur:
                                   cur.execute(
                                       "SELECT name FROM users WHERE name ~ %s",
-                                      (f\"^@\\\\d+:{SERVER_NAME}$\",),
+                                      (f"^@\\d+:{SERVER_NAME}$",),
                                   )
                                   user_ids = [row[0] for row in cur.fetchall()]
                                   if not user_ids:
                                       return
                                   cur.execute(
-                                      \"SELECT user_id, displayname FROM profiles WHERE user_id = ANY(%s)\",
+                                      "SELECT user_id, displayname FROM profiles WHERE user_id = ANY(%s)",
                                       (user_ids,),
                                   )
                                   profiles = {row[0]: row[1] for row in cur.fetchall()}
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ spec:
                                           continue
                                       new = None
                                       for _ in range(30):
-                                          candidate = f\"{random.choice(ADJ)}-{random.choice(NOUN)}\"
+                                          candidate = f"{random.choice(ADJ)}-{random.choice(NOUN)}"
                                           if candidate not in existing_names:
                                               new = candidate
                                               existing_names.add(candidate)
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ spec:
                                       if not new:
                                           continue
                                       cur.execute(
-                                          \"INSERT INTO profiles (user_id, displayname) VALUES (%s, %s) ON CONFLICT (user_id) DO UPDATE SET displayname = EXCLUDED.displayname\",
+                                          "INSERT INTO profiles (user_id, displayname) VALUES (%s, %s) ON CONFLICT (user_id) DO UPDATE SET displayname = EXCLUDED.displayname",
                                           (user_id, new),
                                       )
                       finally: