diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a305782..a962058 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ venv:
 	@echo "🐍 Creating a safe place for a Python... "
 	mkdir -p essays
 	python3 -m venv .venv
-	$(VENV_ACTIVATE) && pip3 install --upgrade pip
+	$(VENV_ACTIVATE) && pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools
 	$(VENV_ACTIVATE) && pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
 fetch:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pdf: epub
 
 dependencies:
 	if [ "$(UNAME_S)" = "Darwin" ]; then \
-		$(PKG_MANAGER) install python@3.12 pandoc calibre || true; \
+		$(PKG_MANAGER) install python pandoc calibre || true; \
 	else \
 		sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y python3-pip python3-venv pandoc calibre; \
 	fi
diff --git a/graham.py b/graham.py
index e5b9379..521ca38 100755
--- a/graham.py
+++ b/graham.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 
 def update_links_in_md(joined):
-    matches = re.findall(b"\[\d+\]", joined)
+    matches = re.findall(r"\[\d+\]", joined)
 
     if not matches:
         return joined
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def update_links(match):
         counter = [0]
 
         note_number = int(match.decode().strip("[]"))
-        match_regex = match.replace(b"[", b"\[").replace(b"]", b"\]")
+        match_regex = match.replace(b"[", b"\\[").replace(b"]", b"\\]")
 
         joined = re.sub(match_regex, update_links, joined)
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def update_links(match):
 
     try:
         with urllib.request.urlopen(URL) as website:
-            content = website.read().decode(r"unicode_escape", "utf-8")
+            content = website.read().decode("utf-8")
             parsed = h.handle(content)
             title = "_".join(TITLE.split(" ")).lower()
             title = re.sub(r"[\W\s]+", "", title)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0bac701..36e4aa7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-certifi==2022.6.15
-charset-normalizer==2.1.0
-cssutils==2.5.0
-dateparser==1.1.1
-feedparser==6.0.10
-html2text==2020.1.16
-htmldate==1.2.3
-idna==3.3
-lxml==4.8.0
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
-pytz==2022.1
-pytz-deprecation-shim==0.1.0.post0
-regex==2022.3.2
-requests==2.28.1
-sgmllib3k==1.0.0
-six==1.16.0
-tzdata==2022.1
-tzlocal==4.2
-Unidecode==1.3.4
-urllib3==1.26.10
+certifi
+charset-normalizer
+cssutils
+dateparser
+feedparser
+html2text
+htmldate
+idna
+lxml
+python-dateutil
+pytz
+pytz-deprecation-shim
+regex
+requests
+sgmllib3k
+six
+tzdata
+tzlocal
+Unidecode
+urllib3