diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
index 5853783903..1d0a478cf3 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ static Actor* LoadActor( CString sPath )
 		 * theme font dirs, too. */
 		CString alttext;
 		ini.GetValue ( "Actor", "AltText", alttext );
+		text.Replace( "::", "\n" );
+		alttext.Replace( "::", "\n" );
 
 		BitmapText* pBitmapText = new BitmapText;
 		pActor = pBitmapText;