diff --git a/ktouch/src/ktouch.cpp b/ktouch/src/ktouch.cpp
index 4480b80c..2267725f 100644
--- a/ktouch/src/ktouch.cpp
+++ b/ktouch/src/ktouch.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void KTouch::keyPressEvent(TQKeyEvent *keyEvent) {
 		m_trainer->continueTraining();
 	}
 	if (keyEvent->text().length() > 1) {
-		kdDebug() << "[KTouch::keyPressEvent]  text = '" << keyEvent->text().data() << "'" << endl;
+		kdDebug() << "[KTouch::keyPressEvent]  text = '" << keyEvent->text().ascii() << "'" << endl;
 	}
     TQChar key = keyEvent->text().at(0); // get first tqunicode character
 	// HACK : manually filter out known dead keys