diff --git a/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp b/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp
index 655119049..2ff770e4a 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ void CTextBox::initVar(void)
 
 	m_cLineArray.clear();
 
+	m_renderMode		= 0;
+
 // 	max_width 		= 0;
 }
 
@@ -639,7 +641,7 @@ void CTextBox::refreshText(void)
 		//TRACE("[CTextBox] %s Line %d m_cFrame.iX %d m_cFrameTextRel.iX %d\r\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, m_cFrame.iX, m_cFrameTextRel.iX);
 		m_pcFontText->RenderString(m_cFrame.iX + m_cFrameTextRel.iX + text_Hborder_width + x_center,
 					y+m_cFrame.iY, m_cFrameTextRel.iWidth, m_cLineArray[i].c_str(),
-					m_textColor);
+					m_textColor, 0, m_renderMode | Font::IS_UTF8);
 		m_old_cText = m_cText;
 		y += m_nFontTextHeight;
 	}
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/textbox.h b/src/gui/widget/textbox.h
index a7b5aa089..b94f932ff 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/textbox.h
+++ b/src/gui/widget/textbox.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ class CTextBox
 		int m_nMaxTextWidth;
 
 		int m_nMode;
+		int m_renderMode;
 
 		int m_nNrOfPages;
 		int m_nNrOfLines;
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ class CTextBox
 		void    setTextBorderWidth(int Hborder, int Vborder);
 		void	setTextFont(Font* font_text);
 		void	setTextMode(const int text_mode){m_nMode = text_mode;};
+		void	setTextRenderModeFullBG(bool mode){ m_renderMode = (mode) ? Font::FULLBG : 0; };
 		void	setBackGroundColor(CFBWindow::color_t textBackgroundColor){m_textBackgroundColor = textBackgroundColor;};
 		void	setWindowPos(const CBox* position){m_cFrame = *position;};
 		void 	setWindowMaxDimensions(const int width, const int height);