diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ROFSTLookup.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ROFSTLookup.cs
index 8d431fbe..3f76a867 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ROFSTLookup.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ROFSTLookup.cs
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 		private string ReplaceUnicode(string s2, bool DoCaret)
 		{
 			string orig = s2;
+			s2 = s2.Replace(@"\", @"\u9586?");			// convert backslashes to a backslash symbol
 			s2 = s2.Replace("`", @"\'b0");			// convert backquote to degree - left over from DOS days.
 			s2 = s2.Replace("\xf8", @"\'b0");			// convert \xf8 to degree.
 			s2 = s2.Replace("\xa0", @"\u160?");		// hardspace
@@ -273,8 +274,6 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			//if the dash is preceeded byte a token remove the space following the token
 			s2 = Regex.Replace(s2, @"(\\[^ \\?]*) \-", @"$1\u8209?");
 			s2 = s2.Replace("-", @"\u8209?");
-			// convert backslashes to a backslash symbol
-			s2 = s2.Replace(@"\", @"\u9586?");
 			return s2;
 		}
 		private string FixUnitROs(string val)