diff --git a/plugins/namegen.py b/plugins/namegen.py
index ff9a2f0..5aa53ec 100755
--- a/plugins/namegen.py
+++ b/plugins/namegen.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class NameGenerator(object):
 
         for name_part in name_parts:
             part = random.choice(self.parts[name_part])
-            name = name.replace("\{{}\}".format(name_part), part)
+            name = name.replace("{" + name_part + "}", part)
 
         return name