diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/sdl/window.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/sdl/window.cpp
index d83c0f24..69e2584a 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/sdl/window.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/sdl/window.cpp
@@ -866,10 +866,10 @@ char Window::getKey(SDL_keysym keysym,bool skipSpecialKeys) {
 	}
 	else {
 			SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugSystem,"In [%s::%s Line: %d]\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
-			Uint16 c = keysym.unicode;
-			if((c & 0xFF80) == 0) {
+			Uint16 c = 0;
+			if(keysym.unicode > 0 && keysym.unicode < 0x80) {
 				SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugSystem,"In [%s::%s Line: %d]\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
-				c = keysym.unicode & 0x7F;
+				c = keysym.unicode;
 				//c = toupper(c);
 
 				if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf ("In [%s::%s Line: %d] #1 (c & 0xFF) [%d]\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,(c & 0xFF));