diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
index 6417d1e1..55376690 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
@@ -979,9 +979,8 @@ int ModApiMainMenu::l_download_file(lua_State *L)
 /******************************************************************************/
 int ModApiMainMenu::l_gettext(lua_State *L)
 {
-	const char* str = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
-	str = gettext(str);
-	lua_pushstring(L, str);
+	std::wstring wtext = wstrgettext((std::string) luaL_checkstring(L, 1));
+	lua_pushstring(L, wide_to_narrow(wtext).c_str());
 
 	return 1;
 }