diff --git a/createWERandSRRFiles.py b/createWERandSRRFiles.py
index 0bf438b..aaf407f 100644
--- a/createWERandSRRFiles.py
+++ b/createWERandSRRFiles.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ with open("helper.txt", "r") as f:
 		if re.match(r'^id:.*', line):
 			wer.write(line + " = ")
 		elif re.match(r'^Scores:.*', line):
-			helper = line.replace("Scores: (#C #S #D #I) ", "").split()
+			helper = line.replace("Scores: \(#C #S #D #I\) ", "").split()
 			sum = helper[0] + helper[1] + helper[2] + helper[3]
 			wer.write(str((int(helper[0])/int(sum)) * 100) + "%\n")