diff --git a/source/src/clientgame.cpp b/source/src/clientgame.cpp
index a6d4fb92..889d7a8a 100644
--- a/source/src/clientgame.cpp
+++ b/source/src/clientgame.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void newname(const char *name)
     if(name[0])
     {
         c2sinit = false;
-        filtertext(player1->name, name, 0, MAXNAMELEN);
+		filtertext(player1->name, name, 1, MAXNAMELEN);
         if(!player1->name[0]) s_strcpy(player1->name, "unarmed");
         updateclientname(player1);
     }