--- a/sdf/perllib/sdf/tomif.pl
+++ b/sdf/perllib/sdf/tomif.pl
@@ -4479,7 +4479,7 @@ sub _MifEscapeNewlink {
     # strip backquotes 
     $link =~ s/\`//g;
 
-    1 while $link =~ s/{{.:([^}]*)}}/$1/e;
+    1 while $link =~ s/\{\{.:([^}]*)}}/$1/e;
 
     $link =~ s/^\s+//;