diff --git a/easyocr/config.py b/easyocr/config.py
index a46d286a3a3..355b7e6319e 100644
--- a/easyocr/config.py
+++ b/easyocr/config.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
             'url': 'https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/download/v1.1.7/tamil.zip',
             'md5sum': '4b93972fdacdcdabe6d57097025d4dc2',
             'symbols': "0123456789!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~ ",
-            'characters': '0123456789!"#$%&\'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZஃஅஆஇஈஉஊஎஏஐஒஓஔகஙசஜஞடணதநனபமயரறலளழ'
+            'characters': '0123456789!"#$%&\'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZஃஅஆஇஈஉஊஎஏஐஒஓஔகஙசஜஞடணதநனபமயரறலளழவஷஸஹாிீுூெேைொோௌ்'
         },
         'bengali_g1':{
             'filename': 'bengali.pth',