diff --git a/src/d_player.h b/src/d_player.h
index 2d58e00ee..6f414e1ff 100644
--- a/src/d_player.h
+++ b/src/d_player.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ enum
 
 FPlayerColorSet *P_GetPlayerColorSet(FName classname, int setnum);
 void P_EnumPlayerColorSets(FName classname, TArray<int> *out);
+const char *GetPrintableDisplayName(const PClass *cls);
 
 class player_t;
 
diff --git a/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_commands.cpp b/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_commands.cpp
index 3536bfa5e..792115b5e 100644
--- a/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_commands.cpp
+++ b/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_commands.cpp
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 					if(statusBar->CPlayer->userinfo.PlayerClass != cache)
 					{
 						cache = statusBar->CPlayer->userinfo.PlayerClass;
-						str = statusBar->CPlayer->cls->Meta.GetMetaString(APMETA_DisplayName);
+						str = GetPrintableDisplayName(statusBar->CPlayer->cls);
 						RealignString();
 					}
 					break;
diff --git a/src/menu/menu.cpp b/src/menu/menu.cpp
index 8141e870e..2732b7cfb 100644
--- a/src/menu/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/menu/menu.cpp
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ void M_SetMenu(FName menu, int param)
 		GameStartupInfo.Episode = -1;
 		GameStartupInfo.PlayerClass = 
 			param == -1000? NULL :
-			param == -1? "Random" : PlayerClasses[param].Type->Meta.GetMetaString (APMETA_DisplayName);
+			param == -1? "Random" : GetPrintableDisplayName(PlayerClasses[param].Type);
 		break;
 
 	case NAME_Skillmenu:
diff --git a/src/menu/menudef.cpp b/src/menu/menudef.cpp
index 25fce4e7b..6028d8fd7 100644
--- a/src/menu/menudef.cpp
+++ b/src/menu/menudef.cpp
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ static void BuildPlayerclassMenu()
 			{
 				if (!(PlayerClasses[i].Flags & PCF_NOMENU))
 				{
-					const char *pname = PlayerClasses[i].Type->Meta.GetMetaString (APMETA_DisplayName);
+					const char *pname = GetPrintableDisplayName(PlayerClasses[i].Type);
 					if (pname != NULL)
 					{
 						numclassitems++;
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ static void BuildPlayerclassMenu()
 				{
 					if (!(PlayerClasses[i].Flags & PCF_NOMENU))
 					{
-						const char *pname = PlayerClasses[i].Type->Meta.GetMetaString (APMETA_DisplayName);
+						const char *pname = GetPrintableDisplayName(PlayerClasses[i].Type);
 						if (pname != NULL)
 						{
 							FListMenuItemText *it = new FListMenuItemText(ld->mXpos, ld->mYpos, ld->mLinespacing, *pname,
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ static void BuildPlayerclassMenu()
 				}
 				if (n == 0)
 				{
-					const char *pname = PlayerClasses[0].Type->Meta.GetMetaString (APMETA_DisplayName);
+					const char *pname = GetPrintableDisplayName(PlayerClasses[0].Type);
 					if (pname != NULL)
 					{
 						FListMenuItemText *it = new FListMenuItemText(ld->mXpos, ld->mYpos, ld->mLinespacing, *pname,
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ static void BuildPlayerclassMenu()
 		{
 			if (!(PlayerClasses[i].Flags & PCF_NOMENU))
 			{
-				const char *pname = PlayerClasses[i].Type->Meta.GetMetaString (APMETA_DisplayName);
+				const char *pname = GetPrintableDisplayName(PlayerClasses[i].Type);
 				if (pname != NULL)
 				{
 					FOptionMenuItemSubmenu *it = new FOptionMenuItemSubmenu(pname, "Episodemenu", i);
diff --git a/src/menu/playermenu.cpp b/src/menu/playermenu.cpp
index 6965d391b..8a5d08507 100644
--- a/src/menu/playermenu.cpp
+++ b/src/menu/playermenu.cpp
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ void DPlayerMenu::Init(DMenu *parent, FListMenuDescriptor *desc)
 	{
 		if (PlayerClasses.Size() == 1)
 		{
-			li->SetString(0, PlayerClasses[0].Type->Meta.GetMetaString (APMETA_DisplayName));
+			li->SetString(0, GetPrintableDisplayName(PlayerClasses[0].Type));
 			li->SetValue(0, 0);
 		}
 		else
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ void DPlayerMenu::Init(DMenu *parent, FListMenuDescriptor *desc)
 			li->SetString(0, "Random");
 			for(unsigned i=0; i< PlayerClasses.Size(); i++)
 			{
-				const char *cls = PlayerClasses[i].Type->Meta.GetMetaString (APMETA_DisplayName);
+				const char *cls = GetPrintableDisplayName(PlayerClasses[i].Type);
 				li->SetString(i+1, cls);
 			}
 			li->SetValue(0, players[consoleplayer].userinfo.PlayerClass + 1);
@@ -901,8 +901,7 @@ void DPlayerMenu::ClassChanged (FListMenuItem *li)
 		players[consoleplayer].userinfo.PlayerClass = sel-1;
 		PickPlayerClass();
 
-		cvar_set ("playerclass", 
-			sel == 0 ? "Random" : PlayerClass->Type->Meta.GetMetaString (APMETA_DisplayName));
+		cvar_set ("playerclass", sel == 0 ? "Random" : PlayerClass->Type->TypeName);
 
 		UpdateSkins();
 		UpdateColorsets();
diff --git a/src/p_user.cpp b/src/p_user.cpp
index 3fecc380f..37cb230b5 100644
--- a/src/p_user.cpp
+++ b/src/p_user.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "thingdef/thingdef.h"
 #include "g_level.h"
 #include "d_net.h"
+#include "gstrings.h"
 
 static FRandom pr_skullpop ("SkullPop");
 
@@ -95,6 +96,19 @@ bool FPlayerClass::CheckSkin (int skin)
 	return false;
 }
 
+//===========================================================================
+//
+// GetDisplayName
+//
+//===========================================================================
+
+const char *GetPrintableDisplayName(const PClass *cls)
+{ 
+	// Fixme; This needs a decent way to access the string table without creating a mess.
+	const char *name = cls->Meta.GetMetaString(APMETA_DisplayName);
+	return name;
+}
+
 bool ValidatePlayerClass(const PClass *ti, const char *name)
 {
 	if (!ti)