diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 9e5aaa989..c88b71bdc 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#define FONT        QFont(tr("Arial"), 9)
+#define FONT        QFont("Arial", 9)
 
 /* Images for toolbar icons */
 #define IMAGE_NETWORK2          ":/images/rs1.png"