diff --git a/src/menu/playermenu.cpp b/src/menu/playermenu.cpp
index 03300af140..de0292f7af 100644
--- a/src/menu/playermenu.cpp
+++ b/src/menu/playermenu.cpp
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ void DPlayerMenu::ClassChanged (FListMenuItem *li)
 		players[consoleplayer].userinfo.PlayerClass = sel-1;
 		PickPlayerClass();
 
-		cvar_set ("playerclass", sel == 0 ? "Random" : PlayerClass->Type->TypeName);
+		cvar_set ("playerclass", sel == 0 ? "Random" : PlayerClass->Type->Meta.GetMetaString (APMETA_DisplayName));
 
 		UpdateSkins();
 		UpdateColorsets();