diff --git a/src/m_menu.c b/src/m_menu.c
index 8e83f3a6..1c4e9015 100644
--- a/src/m_menu.c
+++ b/src/m_menu.c
@@ -5519,7 +5519,7 @@ static void M_DrawStatsMaps(int location)
 	boolean dotopname = true, dobottomarrow = (location < statsMax);
 
 	if (location)
-		V_DrawString(10, y-(skullAnimCounter/5), highlightflags, "\x1A");
+		V_DrawCharacter(10, y-(skullAnimCounter/5), '\x1A' | highlightflags, false);
 
 	while (statsMapList[++i] != -1)
 	{
@@ -5601,7 +5601,7 @@ static void M_DrawStatsMaps(int location)
 	}
 bottomarrow:
 	if (dobottomarrow)
-		V_DrawString(10, y-8 + (skullAnimCounter/5), highlightflags, "\x1B");
+		V_DrawCharacter(10, y-8 + (skullAnimCounter/5), '\x1B' | highlightflags, false);
 }
 
 static void M_DrawLevelStats(void)