diff --git a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/dialog/ChooseRefitDialog.java b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/dialog/ChooseRefitDialog.java
index e2c3de0c84..0481f90960 100644
--- a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/dialog/ChooseRefitDialog.java
+++ b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/gui/dialog/ChooseRefitDialog.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ private void initComponents() {
         txtOldUnit.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
                  BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(resourceMap.getString("txtOldUnit.title")),
                  BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5,5,5,5)));
-        MechView mv = new MechView(unit.getEntity(), false, true, true, true);
+        MechView mv = new MechView(unit.getEntity(), false, true, true, ViewFormatting.HTML);
         txtOldUnit.setText("<div style='font: 12pt monospaced'>" + mv.getMechReadout() + "</div>");
         scrOldUnit = new JScrollPane(txtOldUnit);
         scrOldUnit.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(300, 400));