diff --git a/lib/commands/install.sh b/lib/commands/install.sh
index a7e5ccd0..91b49d68 100644
--- a/lib/commands/install.sh
+++ b/lib/commands/install.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ handle_failure() {
 
 handle_cancel() {
   local install_path="$1"
-  echo -e "\nreceived sigint, cleaning up"
+  echo -e "\\nreceived sigint, cleaning up"
   handle_failure "$install_path"
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/commands/reshim.sh b/lib/commands/reshim.sh
index e759b3e2..02f1bc74 100644
--- a/lib/commands/reshim.sh
+++ b/lib/commands/reshim.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ write_shim_script() {
     cp "$plugin_shims_path/$executable_name" "$shim_path"
   elif [ -f "$shim_path" ]; then
     if ! grep "# asdf-plugin-version: $version" "$shim_path" > /dev/null; then
-     sed -i.bak -e "s/\(asdf-plugin: $plugin_name\)/\1\\"$'\n'"# asdf-plugin-version: $version/" "$shim_path"
+     sed -i.bak -e "s/\\(asdf-plugin: $plugin_name\\)/\\1\\"$'\n'"# asdf-plugin-version: $version/" "$shim_path"
      rm "$shim_path".bak
     fi
   else
diff --git a/lib/utils.sh b/lib/utils.sh
index 6cae48da..536c16ca 100644
--- a/lib/utils.sh
+++ b/lib/utils.sh
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ get_asdf_config_value_from_file() {
   fi
 
   local result
-  result=$(grep -E "^\s*$key\s*=" "$config_path" | awk -F '=' '{ gsub(/ /, "", $2); print $2 }')
+  result=$(grep -E "^\\s*$key\\s*=" "$config_path" | awk -F '=' '{ gsub(/ /, "", $2); print $2 }')
   if [ -n "$result" ]; then
     echo "$result"
   fi