diff --git a/R/add_indent.R b/R/add_indent.R
index 33ad6f7..3fc2837 100644
--- a/R/add_indent.R
+++ b/R/add_indent.R
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   out <- kable_input
   for (i in positions) {
     rowtext <- table_info$contents[i + 1]
-    out <- sub(rowtext, latex_indent_unit(rowtext), out)
+    out <- sub(rowtext, latex_indent_unit(rowtext), out, perl = TRUE)
   }
   return(out)
 }
diff --git a/R/magic_mirror.R b/R/magic_mirror.R
index 2e415f7..7a274bc 100644
--- a/R/magic_mirror.R
+++ b/R/magic_mirror.R
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     )
   # Contents
   kable_info$contents <- str_match_all(kable_input, "\n(.*)\\\\\\\\")[[1]][,2]
+  kable_info$contents <- sub("\\\\", "\\\\\\\\", kable_info$contents)
   if (kable_info$tabular == "longtable" & !is.na(kable_info$caption)) {
     kable_info$contents <- kable_info$contents[-1]
   }