diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/ctrl_base.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/ctrl_base.cpp
index 9fdeff8c2..442f8276a 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/ctrl_base.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/ctrl_base.cpp
@@ -123,8 +123,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		if (prop)
 		{
 			const char *propPtr = prop;
-
-			_ContextHelp = ucstring(propPtr);
+			if (strlen(propPtr) > 2 && propPtr[0] == 'u' && propPtr[1] == ':')
+				_ContextHelp = ucstring::makeFromUtf8(std::string(propPtr).substr(2));
+			else
+				_ContextHelp = ucstring(propPtr);
+			
 
 			if( !editorMode && ( strlen(propPtr) > 2 ) )
 			{
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp
index fc388ec72..8458def52 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp
@@ -993,7 +993,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 			if (_MultiLine)
 			{
-				setTextFormatTaged(CI18N::get(propPtr));
+				if (strlen(propPtr) > 2 && propPtr[0] == 'u' && propPtr[1] == ':')
+					setTextFormatTaged(ucstring::makeFromUtf8(std::string(propPtr).substr(2)));
+				else
+					setTextFormatTaged(CI18N::get(propPtr));
 			}
 			else
 			{