diff --git a/photoshop/api/action_manager/_main_types/action_descriptor.py b/photoshop/api/action_manager/_main_types/action_descriptor.py
index 56387416..af5a70f5 100644
--- a/photoshop/api/action_manager/_main_types/action_descriptor.py
+++ b/photoshop/api/action_manager/_main_types/action_descriptor.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def load(cls, adict: dict, namespace: dict):  # pass globals() for namespace
                 continue
             # py37 compat
             try:
-                exec("""val = v if (dtype := parsetype(v)) == "others" else namespace[dtype].load(v)""")
+                exec(r'val = v if (dtype := parsetype(v)) == "others" else namespace[dtype].load(v)')
             except SyntaxError:
                 val = v if parsetype(v) == "others" else namespace[parsetype(v)].load(v)
             new.uput(k, val)
diff --git a/photoshop/api/action_manager/_main_types/action_list.py b/photoshop/api/action_manager/_main_types/action_list.py
index d9a76517..ebe8f656 100644
--- a/photoshop/api/action_manager/_main_types/action_list.py
+++ b/photoshop/api/action_manager/_main_types/action_list.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def load(cls, alist: list, namespace: dict):  # pass globals() for namespace
         for v in alist:
             # py37 compat
             try:
-                exec("""val = v if (dtype := parsetype(v)) == "others" else namespace[dtype].load(v)""")
+                exec(r'val = v if (dtype := parsetype(v)) == "others" else namespace[dtype].load(v)')
             except SyntaxError:
                 val = v if parsetype(v) == "others" else namespace[parsetype(v)].load(v)
             new.uput(val)