diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 909b732..5503477 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #### Changed
 - merge adjacent similar blocks in `rapidfuzz.distance.Opcodes`
 
+#### Fixed
+- fix usage of `eval(repr(Editop))` and `eval(repr(Opcode))`
+
 ### [2.2.0] - 2022-07-19
 #### Changed
 - added in-tree build backend to install cmake and ninja only when it is not installed yet
diff --git a/src/rapidfuzz/distance/_initialize_cpp.pyx b/src/rapidfuzz/distance/_initialize_cpp.pyx
index 70d2554..a30c198 100644
--- a/src/rapidfuzz/distance/_initialize_cpp.pyx
+++ b/src/rapidfuzz/distance/_initialize_cpp.pyx
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ cdef class Editop:
         raise IndexError('Editop index out of range')
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f"Editop(tag={self.tag}, src_pos={self.src_pos}, dest_pos={self.dest_pos})"
+        return f"Editop(tag='{self.tag}', src_pos={self.src_pos}, dest_pos={self.dest_pos})"
 
 cdef class Editops:
     """
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ cdef class Opcode:
         raise IndexError('Opcode index out of range')
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f"Opcode(tag={self.tag}, src_start={self.src_start}, src_end={self.src_end}, dest_start={self.dest_start}, dest_end={self.dest_end})"
+        return f"Opcode(tag='{self.tag}', src_start={self.src_start}, src_end={self.src_end}, dest_start={self.dest_start}, dest_end={self.dest_end})"
 
 cdef class Opcodes:
     """