diff --git a/git-filter-repo b/git-filter-repo
index a76b90f..bd4682a 100755
--- a/git-filter-repo
+++ b/git-filter-repo
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class PathQuoting:
                '"': '"',
                '\\':'\\'}
   _unescape_re = re.compile(r'\\([a-z"\\]|[0-9]{3})')
-  _escape = [chr(x) for x in range(127)]+['\\'+oct(x)[1:] for x in range(127,256)]
+  _escape = [chr(x) for x in range(127)]+['\\'+oct(x)[2:] for x in range(127,256)]
   _reverse = dict(map(reversed, _unescape.items()))
   for x in _reverse:
     _escape[ord(x)] = '\\'+_reverse[x]