diff --git a/eigengdb/__init__.py b/eigengdb/__init__.py
index ef4a33a..4f65f16 100644
--- a/eigengdb/__init__.py
+++ b/eigengdb/__init__.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def __init__(self, variety, val):
             type = type.target()
         self.type = type.unqualified().strip_typedefs()
         tag = self.type.tag
-        regex = re.compile('\<.*\>')
+        regex = re.compile('<.*>')
         m = regex.findall(tag)[0][1:-1]
         template_params = m.split(',')
         template_params = [x.replace(" ", "") for x in template_params]
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def __init__(self, val):
             type = type.target()
         self.type = type.unqualified().strip_typedefs()
         tag = self.type.tag
-        regex = re.compile('\<.*\>')
+        regex = re.compile('<.*>')
         m = regex.findall(tag)[0][1:-1]
         template_params = m.split(',')
         template_params = [x.replace(" ", "") for x in template_params]
diff --git a/example/example b/example/example
index a9ccf4f..82aebeb 100755
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