diff --git a/src/gui/gui.cpp b/src/gui/gui.cpp
index 76c7a6d4b..b1f03f377 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -4185,7 +4185,8 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::init() {
   ImGui::GetIO().ConfigFlags|=ImGuiConfigFlags_DockingEnable;
   ImGui::GetIO().IniFilename=finalLayoutPath;
 
-  static const ImWchar loadEverything[]={0x20,0xffff,0};
+  // set to 800 for now due to problems with unifont
+  static const ImWchar loadEverything[]={0x20,0x800,0};
 
   if (settings.mainFont<0 || settings.mainFont>=5) settings.mainFont=0;
   if (settings.patFont<0 || settings.patFont>=5) settings.patFont=0;