diff --git a/apps/openmw/main.cpp b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
index cd45ddcf5..9be1e8a7f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ bool parseOptions (int argc, char** argv, OMW::Engine& engine, Files::Configurat
             "\n\twin1251 - Cyrillic alphabet such as Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian Cyrillic and other languages\n"
             "\n\twin1252 - Western European (Latin) alphabet, used by default")
 
-        ("fallback", bpo::value<FallbackMap>()->default_value(FallbackMap(), "")
+			("fallback", bpo::value<EscapeFallbackMap>()->default_value(EscapeFallbackMap(), "")
             ->multitoken()->composing(), "fallback values")
 
         ("no-grab", "Don't grab mouse cursor")
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ bool parseOptions (int argc, char** argv, OMW::Engine& engine, Files::Configurat
 
     // other settings
     engine.setSoundUsage(!variables["no-sound"].as<bool>());
-    engine.setFallbackValues(variables["fallback"].as<FallbackMap>().mMap);
+	engine.setFallbackValues(variables["fallback"].as<EscapeFallbackMap>().toFallbackMap().mMap);
     engine.setActivationDistanceOverride (variables["activate-dist"].as<int>());
     engine.enableFontExport(variables["export-fonts"].as<bool>());
 
diff --git a/components/fallback/validate.hpp b/components/fallback/validate.hpp
index 531711544..c41ff6b96 100644
--- a/components/fallback/validate.hpp
+++ b/components/fallback/validate.hpp
@@ -13,9 +13,22 @@ namespace Fallback
 {
 
     struct FallbackMap {
-        std::map<Files::EscapeHashString, Files::EscapeHashString> mMap;
+        std::map<std::string, std::string> mMap;
     };
 
+	struct EscapeFallbackMap : FallbackMap 
+	{
+		std::map<Files::EscapeHashString, Files::EscapeHashString> mMap;
+
+		FallbackMap toFallbackMap() const
+		{
+			FallbackMap temp = FallbackMap();
+			for (std::map<Files::EscapeHashString, Files::EscapeHashString>::const_iterator it = mMap.begin(); it != mMap.end(); ++it)
+				temp.mMap[it->first.toStdString()] = it->second.toStdString();
+			return temp;
+		}
+	};
+
     void validate(boost::any &v, std::vector<std::string> const &tokens, FallbackMap*, int)
     {
         if(v.empty())