diff --git a/src/problem_bank_scripts/problem_bank_scripts.py b/src/problem_bank_scripts/problem_bank_scripts.py
index 37a3f0a0..9bce867e 100644
--- a/src/problem_bank_scripts/problem_bank_scripts.py
+++ b/src/problem_bank_scripts/problem_bank_scripts.py
@@ -87,11 +87,9 @@ def parse_body_part(pnum, md_text):
 
     # Store the content of the level 2 header
     try:
-        content = codecs.unicode_escape_decode(
-            mdformat.renderer.MDRenderer().render(
+        content = mdformat.renderer.MDRenderer().render(
                 tokens[3 : get_next_headerloc(3, tokens, 3)], mdit.options, env
             )  # Note the 3 is there to exclude header start,header content,header end tokens
-        )[0]
         nested_dict[part]["content"] = content
     except IndexError:
         print("It looks like there is an empty section of header level 2 in your md file.")
@@ -334,9 +332,7 @@ def read_md_problem(filepath):
 
     for k, v in blocks.items():
 
-        rendered_part = codecs.unicode_escape_decode(
-            mdformat.renderer.MDRenderer().render(tokens[v[0] : v[1]], mdit.options, env)
-        )[0]
+        rendered_part = mdformat.renderer.MDRenderer().render(tokens[v[0] : v[1]], mdit.options, env)
 
         if k == "title":
             body_parts["title"] = rendered_part
@@ -888,7 +884,7 @@ def str_presenter(dumper, data2):
             "---\n"
             + header_yml
             + "---\n"
-            + text
+            + text.replace(r"\\", "\\")
             + "\n## Attribution\n\n"
             + process_attribution(header.get("attribution")),
             encoding="utf8",
@@ -944,7 +940,7 @@ def str_presenter(dumper, data2):
             + "\n---\n"
             + dict_to_md(
                 body_parts,
-            )
+            ).replace(r"\\", "\\")
             + "\n## Attribution\n\n"
             + process_attribution(header.get("attribution")),
             encoding="utf8",