diff --git a/lbry/conf.py b/lbry/conf.py
index 0f168a3ee..8b39570a1 100644
--- a/lbry/conf.py
+++ b/lbry/conf.py
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ class TranscodeConfig(BaseConfig):
     video_bitrate_maximum = Integer('Maximum bits per second allowed for video streams (0 to disable).', 8400000)
     video_scaler = String('FFmpeg scaling parameters for reducing bitrate. '
                           'Example: -vf "scale=-2:720,fps=24" -maxrate 5M -bufsize 3M',
-                          '-vf "scale=if(gte(iw\,ih)\,min(2560\,iw)\,-2):if(lt(iw\,ih)\,min(2560\,ih)\,-2)" -maxrate 8400K -bufsize 5000K')
+                          r'-vf "scale=if(gte(iw\,ih)\,min(2560\,iw)\,-2):if(lt(iw\,ih)\,min(2560\,ih)\,-2)" '
+                          r'-maxrate 8400K -bufsize 5000K')
     audio_encoder = String('FFmpeg codec and parameters for the audio encoding. '
                            'Example: libopus -b:a 128k',
                            'aac -b:a 160k')