diff --git a/noblogsmv/main.py b/noblogsmv/main.py
index cfa794d823393575a215ed3ecc3267ba8d6a11f1..c11a75c461fd0fed36f961615f2ba093651d33c3 100644
--- a/noblogsmv/main.py
+++ b/noblogsmv/main.py
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ class MysqlNoblogs(object):
 
     def find_tables(self, blog_id):
         find_tables =['mysql', self.options(self.old), self.old.db, '-NBe',
-                       '\\"show tables like \'wp\\_%s\\_%%\'\\"' % blog_id]
+                       "'show tables like \"wp\\_%s\\_%%\"'" % blog_id]
         cmd = ['ssh', 'root@%s' % self.old.host,
-               '"%s"' % ' '.join(find_tables)]
+               "%s" % ' '.join(find_tables)]
         log.debug('Calling %s', ' '.join(cmd))
         raw_tables = subprocess.check_output(cmd)
         self.tables = [ t.strip() for t in raw_tables.splitlines()]