diff --git a/src/game/game_gui.cpp b/src/game/game_gui.cpp
--- a/src/game/game_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/game/game_gui.cpp
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ struct GSConfigWindow : public Window {
 
 							DropDownList list;
 							for (int i = config_item.min_value; i <= config_item.max_value; i++) {
-								list.emplace_back(new DropDownListCharStringItem(config_item.labels.find(i)->second, i, false));
+								list.emplace_back(new DropDownListStringItem(config_item.labels.find(i)->second, i, false));
 							}
 
 							ShowDropDownListAt(this, std::move(list), old_val, -1, wi_rect, COLOUR_ORANGE);