diff --git a/extras/makefont.c b/extras/makefont.c
index 7cfbba8..815b606 100644
--- a/extras/makefont.c
+++ b/extras/makefont.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     /* Render text to surface */
     TTF_SetFontStyle(font, TTF_STYLE_NORMAL);
-    surface = TTF_RenderUTF8_Shaded(font, argv[3], fg, bg);
+    surface = TTF_RenderUTF8_Shaded(font, text, fg, bg);
     if(!surface)
     {
         fprintf(stderr, "surface rendering failed: %s\n", SDL_GetError());