diff --git a/comicfn2dict/parse.py b/comicfn2dict/parse.py
index 3783fc6..2dd0f19 100644
--- a/comicfn2dict/parse.py
+++ b/comicfn2dict/parse.py
@@ -77,27 +77,9 @@ class ComicFilenameParser:
         value = value.strip("'").strip()
         return value.strip('"').strip()
 
-    def _parenthify_double_underscores(self) -> str:
-        """Replace double underscores with parens."""
-        parts = self._unparsed_path.split("__")
-        num_parts = len(parts)
-        print(f"{num_parts=} {num_parts % 2}")
-        if num_parts < 3 or not num_parts % 2:
-            return self._unparsed_path
-        index = 0
-        mode = " ("
-        parenthified = parts[index]
-        index += 1
-        while index < len(parts):
-            parenthified += mode + parts[index]
-            print(f"{parenthified=}")
-            mode = ") " if mode == " (" else ") "
-            index += 1
-        return parenthified.strip()
-
     def _clean_dividers(self):
         """Replace non space dividers and clean extra spaces out of string."""
-        data = self._parenthify_double_underscores()
+        data = self._unparsed_path
 
         # Simple substitutions
         for regex, pair in REGEX_SUBS.items():
diff --git a/comicfn2dict/regex.py b/comicfn2dict/regex.py
index f9a456e..c17ecd8 100644
--- a/comicfn2dict/regex.py
+++ b/comicfn2dict/regex.py
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ _SPACE_EQUIVALENT_RE = re_compile(r"_")
 _EXTRA_SPACES_RE = re_compile(r"\s\s+")
 _LEFT_PAREN_EQUIVALENT_RE = re_compile(r"\[")
 _RIGHT_PAREN_EQUIVALENT_RE = re_compile(r"\]")
+_DOUBLE_UNDERSCORE_RE = re_compile(r"__(.*)__")
 REGEX_SUBS: MappingProxyType[re.Pattern, tuple[str, int]] = MappingProxyType(
     {
+        _DOUBLE_UNDERSCORE_RE: (r"(\1)", 0),
         _TOKEN_DIVIDERS_RE: (TOKEN_DELIMETER, 1),
         _SPACE_EQUIVALENT_RE: (r" ", 0),
         _EXTRA_SPACES_RE: (r" ", 0),