diff --git a/src/otrlchatinterface.cpp b/src/otrlchatinterface.cpp
index 65d0df6..f89ebec 100644
--- a/src/otrlchatinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/otrlchatinterface.cpp
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ int OtrlChatInterface::decryptMessage( TQString *msg, TQString accountId,
 		if( newMessage != NULL ){
 			*msg = TQString::fromUtf8(newMessage);
 			otrl_message_free( newMessage );
-			msg->tqreplace( TQString('\n'), TQString("<br>"), false );
+			msg->tqreplace( TQString("\n"), TQString("<br>"), false );
 		}
 	}
 	return ignoremessage;
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ TQString OtrlChatInterface::encryptMessage( TQString msg, TQString accountId,
 	int err;
 	char * newMessage;
 	if( otrl_proto_message_type( msg ) == OTRL_MSGTYPE_NOTOTR ){
-		msg.tqreplace( TQString('<'), TQString("&lt;"), false );
+		msg.tqreplace( TQString("<"), TQString("&lt;"), false );
 		err = otrl_message_sending( userstate, &ui_ops, chatSession, accountId.latin1(), protocol.latin1(), contactId.latin1(), msg.utf8(), NULL, &newMessage, NULL, NULL );
 	
 		if( err != 0 ){