diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
index 03e050d8..0fe47ab9 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
@@ -349,7 +349,10 @@ namespace DataLoader
 				// (see above comment for accessory pages to see the difference)
 				else
 				{
-					tbuff = TextConvert.ConvertText(dr["TextM"].ToString().Trim(), ConvertCaret);
+					string t = dr["Text"].ToString().PadRight(80, ' ').Substring(0, 75).TrimEnd();
+					string tm = dr["TextM"].ToString().Trim();
+					string secttitle = tm == null || tm == "" ? t : tm;
+					tbuff = TextConvert.ConvertText(secttitle, ConvertCaret);
 				}
 
 				//// TESTS were run & it looked like that whitespace was removed before saving,
@@ -374,7 +377,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					menustr = TextConvert.ConvertText(dr["Text"].ToString().PadRight(80, ' ').Substring(0, 75).TrimEnd(), ConvertCaret);
+					menustr = tbuff;
 				}
 			}
 			else