diff --git a/Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini b/Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini
index 43a0807150..e40641b4bb 100644
--- a/Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini
+++ b/Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ RandomCycleSpeed=0.1
 Separator="-"
 # ??? when it cycles.
 ShowQMarksInRandomCycle=true
+QuestionMarksTest="???"
 RandomText="!!!"
 # xxx: localize me -aj
 VariousText="000"
diff --git a/src/BPMDisplay.cpp b/src/BPMDisplay.cpp
index 83d19aecd9..370e10197e 100644
--- a/src/BPMDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/BPMDisplay.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void BPMDisplay::Load()
 	SEPARATOR.Load( m_sName, "Separator" );
 	SHOW_QMARKS.Load( m_sName, "ShowQMarksInRandomCycle" );
 	NO_BPM_TEXT.Load( m_sName, "NoBpmText" );
-	//QUESTIONMARKS_TEXT.Load( m_sName, "QuestionMarksText" );
+	QUESTIONMARKS_TEXT.Load( m_sName, "QuestionMarksText" );
 	RANDOM_TEXT.Load( m_sName, "RandomText" );
 	VARIOUS_TEXT.Load( m_sName, "VariousText" );
 
@@ -75,10 +75,8 @@ void BPMDisplay::Update( float fDeltaTime )
 		if(m_fBPMTo == -1)
 		{
 			m_fBPMFrom = -1;
-
-			// todo: allow themer to customize "xxx" string -aj
 			if( (bool)SHOW_QMARKS )
-				SetText( (RandomFloat(0,1)>0.90f) ? RString("xxx") : ssprintf("%03.0f",RandomFloat(0,999)) );
+				SetText( (RandomFloat(0,1)>0.90f) ? (RString)QUESTIONMARKS_TEXT : ssprintf("%03.0f",RandomFloat(0,999)) );
 			else
 				SetText( ssprintf("%03.0f",RandomFloat(0,999)) );
 		}
diff --git a/src/BPMDisplay.h b/src/BPMDisplay.h
index 726101430b..3da9ae07e0 100644
--- a/src/BPMDisplay.h
+++ b/src/BPMDisplay.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ protected:
 	ThemeMetric<RString> NO_BPM_TEXT;
 	ThemeMetric<RString> VARIOUS_TEXT;
 	ThemeMetric<RString> RANDOM_TEXT;
+	ThemeMetric<RString> QUESTIONMARKS_TEXT;
 
 	float m_fBPMFrom, m_fBPMTo;
 	int m_iCurrentBPM;