diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/InternalMaterialDesignIcon.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/InternalMaterialDesignIcon.java
index 6eb64b8fc4a..84a02938c6e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/InternalMaterialDesignIcon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/InternalMaterialDesignIcon.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public Icon getSmallIcon() {
     public Node getGraphicNode() {
         GlyphIcons icon = icons.get(0);
 
-        Text text = new Text(icon.unicode());
+        Text text = new Text(unicode);
         text.getStyleClass().add("glyph-icon");
         text.setStyle(String.format("-fx-font-family: %s;", icon.fontFamily()));