diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenNameEntry.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenNameEntry.cpp
index f5228b80f4..4545a57cbd 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenNameEntry.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenNameEntry.cpp
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void ScreenNameEntry::DrawPrimitives()
 				if( iCharIndex==iClosestIndex )
 					fZoom = SCALE(fabsf(GetClosestCharYOffset(m_fFakeBeat)),0,0.5f,g_fCharsZoomLarge,g_fCharsZoomSmall);
 				m_textScrollingChars[p][t].SetZoom(fZoom);
-				float fAlpha = m_textScrollingChars[p][t].GetDiffuseAlpha();
+				float fAlpha = 1;
 				if( i==0 )
 					fAlpha *= SCALE(GetClosestCharYOffset(m_fFakeBeat),-0.5f,0.f,0.f,1.f);
 				if( i==g_iNumCharsToDrawTotal-1 )