diff --git a/src/Text.cpp b/src/Text.cpp
index 1288dd1..373c149 100644
--- a/src/Text.cpp
+++ b/src/Text.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void Text::refresh()
 {
     /* Render the text with transparent background as RGBA pixel data using the SDL image library. */
     // std::shared_ptr<SDL_Surface> blended {TTF_RenderText_Blended(_font.get(), _content.c_str(), _foreground), SDL_FreeSurface};
-    std::shared_ptr<SDL_Surface> blended {TTF_RenderText_Blended_Wrapped(_font.get(), _content.c_str(), _foreground, 3000), SDL_FreeSurface};
+    std::shared_ptr<SDL_Surface> blended {TTF_RenderUTF8_Blended_Wrapped(_font.get(), _content.c_str(), _foreground, 3000), SDL_FreeSurface};
     if (!blended)
     {
         Log::sdl_error("Could not create text");
diff --git a/src/Text.hpp b/src/Text.hpp
index 3a8789c..5531597 100644
--- a/src/Text.hpp
+++ b/src/Text.hpp
@@ -25,16 +25,12 @@ namespace sb
         std::optional<glm::vec2> _dimensions;
         GLint _scaling_quality = GL_LINEAR;
 
-        /*!
-         * Load the texture with the appropriate SDL_Surface pixels created by the SDL TTF library.
-         */
-        void refresh();
-
     public:
 
         /*!
-         * Construct a sb::Text object from a font, string, and background and foreground colors. A texture with the text rendered in the
-         * given colors will be created and attached to this object.
+         * Construct a sb::Text object from a font, string, and background and foreground colors. A texture will be created and attached. The
+         * texture is not generated or rendered. Text::refresh() must be called afterward with the GL context loaded. The content, dimensions,
+         * foreground, background, font, and scaling quality functions call Text::refresh() automatically.
          *
          * The font must be wrapped in a shared pointer. A default loaded font is available from Game::font().
          *
@@ -103,6 +99,11 @@ namespace sb
          */
         void scaling_quality(GLint quality);
 
+        /*!
+         * Load the texture with the appropriate SDL_Surface pixels created by the SDL TTF library.
+         */
+        void refresh();
+
         /*!
          * Convert the text object to a string with some debugging information.
          */