diff --git a/matrix_pygmalion_bot/ai/runpod_pygmalion.py b/matrix_pygmalion_bot/ai/runpod_pygmalion.py
index 78ca0c7..e2cb9e7 100644
--- a/matrix_pygmalion_bot/ai/runpod_pygmalion.py
+++ b/matrix_pygmalion_bot/ai/runpod_pygmalion.py
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ async def generate_sync(
                     reply = answer[:idx].strip()
                 else:
                     reply = answer.removesuffix('<|endoftext|>').strip()
-                reply = reply.replace("\\n{bot.name}: ", " ")
-                reply = reply.replace("\\n<BOT>: ", " ")
-                reply = reply.replace("<BOT>", "{bot.name}")
-                reply = reply.replace("<USER>", "You")
+                reply = reply.replace(f"\n{bot.name}: ", " ")
+                reply = reply.replace(f"\n<BOT>: ", " ")
+                reply = reply.replace(f"<BOT>", "{bot.name}")
+                reply = reply.replace(f"<USER>", "You")
                 return reply
             else:
                 err_msg = r_json["error"] if "error" in r_json else ""
diff --git a/matrix_pygmalion_bot/ai/stablehorde.py b/matrix_pygmalion_bot/ai/stablehorde.py
index 7008de3..702ffa7 100644
--- a/matrix_pygmalion_bot/ai/stablehorde.py
+++ b/matrix_pygmalion_bot/ai/stablehorde.py
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ async def generate_sync(
                     reply = answer[:idx].strip()
                 else:
                     reply = answer.removesuffix('<|endoftext|>').strip()
-                reply = reply.replace("\n{bot_name}: ", " ")
-                reply.replace("\n<BOT>: ", " ")
+                reply = reply.replace(f"\n{bot_name}: ", " ")
+                reply.replace(f"\n<BOT>: ", " ")
                 return reply
             else:
                 await asyncio.sleep(DELAY)
     else:
-        return "<ERROR> {status}"
+        return f"<ERROR> {status}"
 
 async def get_full_prompt(simple_prompt: str, bot, chat_history):
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ async def generate_image(input_prompt: str, negative_prompt: str, model: str, ap
         "nsfw": True,
         "trusted_workers": False,
 #        "workers": [],
-        "models": ["{model}"]
+        "models": [f"{model}"]
     }
 
     logger.info(f"sending request to stablehorde.net")
diff --git a/runpod/runpod-worker-transformers/model_fetcher.py b/runpod/runpod-worker-transformers/model_fetcher.py
index 7a79017..28f3086 100644
--- a/runpod/runpod-worker-transformers/model_fetcher.py
+++ b/runpod/runpod-worker-transformers/model_fetcher.py
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ def download_model(model_name):
         #https://huggingface.co/yahma/RWKV-14b_quant/resolve/main/RWKV-4-Pile-14B-20230213-8019.pqth
 
     if snapshot_path:
-        print("model downloaded to \"{snapshot_path}\"")
-        os.system("ln -s \"{snapshot_path}\" /workdir/model")
+        print(f"model downloaded to \"{snapshot_path}\"")
+        os.system(f"ln -s \"{snapshot_path}\" /workdir/model")
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 #                                Parse Arguments                               #