diff --git a/src/serializer.cpp b/src/serializer.cpp
index dcb7acab6c..a577056aff 100644
--- a/src/serializer.cpp
+++ b/src/serializer.cpp
@@ -2197,7 +2197,7 @@ template<> FSerializer &Serialize(FSerializer &arc, const char *key, FFont *&fon
 		font = V_GetFont(n);
 		if (font == nullptr)
 		{
-			Printf(TEXTCOLOR_ORANGE "Could not load font %s\n", n);
+			Printf(TEXTCOLOR_ORANGE "Could not load font %s\n", n.GetChars());
 			font = SmallFont;
 		}
 		return arc;