diff --git a/generate/make-site.sh b/generate/make-site.sh
index 4c1df2d..13f5283 100755
--- a/generate/make-site.sh
+++ b/generate/make-site.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ rm ../index.html
 descs=$(./genuserdescs.scm)
 template=$(cat index.html.template)
 
-echo "$template" | sed -E "s%USERDESCS%$descs%" > ../index.html
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "$template" | sed s/USERDESCS/"$descs"/ > ../index.html
\ No newline at end of file