diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/SysMsg/SysMsg.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/SysMsg/SysMsg.cpp
index 1baa96c9..f33a75ee 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/SysMsg/SysMsg.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/SysMsg/SysMsg.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void writeLog(const char *logFileName, const char *log2write)
 	fclose(f);
 }
 
-std::string purgeMenuItemString(const char * menuItemStr)
+std::string purgeMenuItemString(const char * menuItemStr, bool keepAmpersand)
 {
 	char cleanedName[64] = "";
 	size_t j = 0;
@@ -69,12 +69,13 @@ std::string purgeMenuItemString(const char * menuItemStr)
 		}
 		else if (menuItemStr[k] == '&')
 		{
-			//skip
+			if (keepAmpersand)
+				cleanedName[j++] = menuItemStr[k];
+			//else skip
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			cleanedName[j] = menuItemStr[k];
-			j++;
+			cleanedName[j++] = menuItemStr[k];
 		}
 	}
 	cleanedName[j] = 0;
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/SysMsg/SysMsg.h b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/SysMsg/SysMsg.h
index fd1f62ba..80cc5ffb 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/SysMsg/SysMsg.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/SysMsg/SysMsg.h
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ void systemMessage(const char *title);
 void printInt(int int2print);
 void printStr(const char *str2print);
 void writeLog(const char *logFileName, const char *log2write);
-std::string purgeMenuItemString(const char * menuItemStr);
+std::string purgeMenuItemString(const char * menuItemStr, bool keepAmpersand = false);
 
 #endif //M30_IDE_COMMUN_H
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp
index 746cf54b..6d97b9e8 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp
@@ -6071,7 +6071,7 @@ LRESULT Notepad_plus::runProc(HWND hwnd, UINT Message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lPa
 				if (!csc.getName()[0]) 
 				{	//no predefined name, get name from menu and use that
 					::GetMenuString(_mainMenuHandle, csc.getID(), menuName, 64, MF_BYCOMMAND);
-					csc.setName(purgeMenuItemString(menuName).c_str());
+					csc.setName(purgeMenuItemString(menuName, true).c_str());
 				}
 			}