diff --git a/libs/ui/source/kerned_font.cpp b/libs/ui/source/kerned_font.cpp
index 3a983cef..c9015d6c 100644
--- a/libs/ui/source/kerned_font.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/source/kerned_font.cpp
@@ -60,11 +60,10 @@ namespace psemek::ui
 		geom::vector<float, 2> pos{0.f, (size_[1] - baseline_offset_) * options.scale};
 		for (char32_t c : util::utf8_range(str))
 		{
-			char32_t cc = c;
-
 			if (!supports_character(c))
-				cc = unknown;
+				c = unknown;
 
+			char32_t cc = c;
 			if (std::isspace(c))
 				cc = ' ';