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diff --git a/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp b/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
index 02b114f..b162e8e 100644
--- a/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
+++ b/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ void GUIFormSpecMenu::parseVertLabel(parserData* data,std::string element) {
 
        if (parts.size() == 2) {
                std::vector<std::string> v_pos = split(parts[0],',');
-               std::string text = parts[1];
+               std::wstring text = narrow_to_wide(unescape_string(parts[1]));
 
                MY_CHECKPOS("vertlabel",1);
 
@@ -1082,17 +1082,16 @@ void GUIFormSpecMenu::parseVertLabel(parserData* data,std::string element) {
                if(data->bp_set != 2)
                        errorstream<<"WARNING: invalid use of label without a size[] element"<<std::endl;
 
-               text = unescape_string(text);
-               std::string label = "";
+               std::wstring label = L"";
 
                for (unsigned int i=0; i < text.length(); i++) {
-                       label += text.c_str()[i];
-                       label += "\n";
+                       label += text[i];
+                       label += L"\n";
                }
 
                FieldSpec spec = FieldSpec(
                        L"",
-                       narrow_to_wide(label.c_str()),
+                       label,
                        L"",
                        258+m_fields.size()
                );