diff --git a/PROMS/ReferencedObjects/LibSource/RODBInterface/VlnXml.cs b/PROMS/ReferencedObjects/LibSource/RODBInterface/VlnXml.cs
index d2ddc83a..6a0c10db 100644
--- a/PROMS/ReferencedObjects/LibSource/RODBInterface/VlnXml.cs
+++ b/PROMS/ReferencedObjects/LibSource/RODBInterface/VlnXml.cs
@@ -518,8 +518,7 @@ namespace RODBInterface
 								strtmp.Append(" ");
 								cnt++;
 							}
-							// string sym = symbcode < 256 ? ((char)symbcode).ToString() : string.Format(@"\u{0}", symbcode);
-							text = Regex.Replace(text, @"\\u([0-9]{1,4})\?", m => Convert.ToChar(int.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value)).ToString()); //B2026-025 Unicode removed from RO menu titles in treeview.
+							text = Regex.Replace(text, @"\\u([0-9]{1,4})\?", m => int.TryParse(m?.Groups[1]?.Value, out int result) ? Convert.ToChar(result).ToString() : ""); //B2026-025 Unicode removed from RO menu titles in treeview.
 							if ((cnt + text.Length) > frmt2) // longer than the field length?								
 								strtmp.Append(text.Substring(0,frmt2-cnt));
 							else