diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c07d7fe..9f16bfc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## About this fork
+
+This fork was made to quickly fix an incompatibility with Python 3.11 (the default Python version of Debian 12 "Bookworm")
+
+The following is the original README from (https://github.com/Qirky/Troop)
+
 # Troop v0.10.3
 
 ## Real-time collaborative live coding
diff --git a/src/message.py b/src/message.py
index bf82d7f..b742cf8 100644
--- a/src/message.py
+++ b/src/message.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 import json
 
 def escape_chars(s):
-    return s.replace(">", "\>").replace("<", "\<")
+    return s.replace(r">", r"\>").replace(r"<", r"\<")
 
 def unescape_chars(s):
-    return s.replace("\>", ">").replace("\<", "<")
+    return s.replace(r"\>", r">").replace(r"\<", r"<")
 
 class NetworkMessageReader:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def password(password):
     def header(cls):
         # args = inspect.getargspec(cls.__init__).args
         # args[0] = 'type'
-        args = ['type', 'msg_id'] + inspect.getargspec(cls.__init__).args[1:]
+        args = ['type', 'msg_id'] + inspect.getfullargspec(cls.__init__).args[1:]
         return args
 
 # Define types of message
@@ -348,4 +348,4 @@ def __str__(self):
 
     msg = MSG_SET_MARK(42, 24)
     print(msg,)
-    print(msg.header())
\ No newline at end of file
+    print(msg.header())