diff --git a/tools/github-commits.py b/tools/github-commits.py
index 6eb26b3..343737a 100755
--- a/tools/github-commits.py
+++ b/tools/github-commits.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from functools import reduce
 
-CVLINE='\cvline{GitHub}{%(commits)s contributions during %(first_year)s--%(last_year)s at \href{https://github.com/%(username)s}{klaeufer}}\n'
+CVLINE='\\cvline{GitHub}{%(commits)s contributions during %(first_year)s--%(last_year)s at \\href{https://github.com/%(username)s}{klaeufer}}\n'
 
 def get_argparse():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
diff --git a/tools/scholarly-metrics.py b/tools/scholarly-metrics.py
index cf4d015..42086af 100755
--- a/tools/scholarly-metrics.py
+++ b/tools/scholarly-metrics.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 
 BIBLIOMETRICS_TEX = """
-\cvline{Citations}{%(citedby)s on \href{%(scholar_url)s}{Google Scholar}}
-\cvline{h-index}{%(hindex)s}
-\cvline{i10-index}{%(i10index)s}
+\\cvline{Citations}{%(citedby)s on \\href{%(scholar_url)s}{Google Scholar}}
+\\cvline{h-index}{%(hindex)s}
+\\cvline{i10-index}{%(i10index)s}
 """
 
 SCHOLAR_URL="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en\\&user=%(scholar_id)s"