diff --git a/openhantek/src/helper.cpp b/openhantek/src/helper.cpp
index cfb989f..c621fbc 100644
--- a/openhantek/src/helper.cpp
+++ b/openhantek/src/helper.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace Helper {
 				// Voltage string representation
 				int logarithm = floor(log10(fabs(value)));
 				if(value < 1e-3)
-					return QApplication::tr("%L1 \265V").arg(value / 1e-6, 0, format, (precision <= 0) ? precision : qBound(0, precision - 7 - logarithm, precision));
+					return QApplication::tr("%L1 µV").arg(value / 1e-6, 0, format, (precision <= 0) ? precision : qBound(0, precision - 7 - logarithm, precision));
 				else if(value < 1.0)
 					return QApplication::tr("%L1 mV").arg(value / 1e-3, 0, format, (precision <= 0) ? precision : (precision - 4 - logarithm));
 				else
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace Helper {
 				else if(value < 1e-6)
 					return QApplication::tr("%L1 ns").arg(value / 1e-9, 0, format, (precision <= 0) ? precision : (precision - 10 - (int) floor(log10(fabs(value)))));
 				else if(value < 1e-3)
-					return QApplication::tr("%L1 \265s").arg(value / 1e-6, 0, format, (precision <= 0) ? precision : (precision - 7 - (int) floor(log10(fabs(value)))));
+					return QApplication::tr("%L1 µs").arg(value / 1e-6, 0, format, (precision <= 0) ? precision : (precision - 7 - (int) floor(log10(fabs(value)))));
 				else if(value < 1.0)
 					return QApplication::tr("%L1 ms").arg(value / 1e-3, 0, format, (precision <= 0) ? precision : (precision - 4 - (int) floor(log10(fabs(value)))));
 				else if(value < 60)
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ namespace Helper {
 					return value * 1e-12;
 				else if(unitString.startsWith('n'))
 					return value * 1e-9;
-				else if(unitString.startsWith('\265'))
+				else if(unitString.startsWith('µ'))
 					return value * 1e-6;
 				else if(unitString.startsWith("min"))
 					return value * 60;