diff --git a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
index 1d55555..032372a 100644
--- a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
+++ b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ class Interface(object):
             read_status = ''
 
         if data.reposted_by:
-            markup = '<b>%s</b> <small>(%s -- <i>reposted by %s</i>)' \
+            markup = '<b>%s</b> <small>(%s &#8212; <i>reposted by %s</i>)' \
                     '</small>:%s\n%s\n<small>%s</small>' % \
                     (data.name, username, data.reposted_by, read_status,
                             message, time)