diff --git a/include/maskfld.cpp b/include/maskfld.cpp
index f2f6b3423..79c246f47 100755
--- a/include/maskfld.cpp
+++ b/include/maskfld.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//      $Id: maskfld.cpp,v 1.26 1994-10-04 15:38:47 guy Exp $
+//      $Id: maskfld.cpp,v 1.27 1994-10-07 17:26:45 alex Exp $
 #include <xvt.h>
 
 #include <applicat.h>
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ KEY TBrowse::run()
   }
   else
     caption = f.description();
-  if (!isalnum(*caption)) 
+  if (!isalnum(caption[0])) 
     caption = "Selezione";
   
   KEY k = K_ESC;