diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 8d196d869..ce456a086 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ void MainWindow::setDecodedTextFont (QFont const& font)
 
 void MainWindow::fixStop()
 {
+  m_hsymStop=179;
   if(m_mode=="WSPR-2") {
     m_hsymStop=396;
   } else if(m_mode=="WSPR-15") {