diff --git a/src/gui/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp b/src/gui/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
index 61112b570..973fc60a8 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
@@ -2787,7 +2787,7 @@ void GUIFormSpecMenu::parseModel(parserData *data, const std::string &element)
 	auto meshnode = e->setMesh(mesh);
 
 	for (u32 i = 0; i < textures.size() && i < meshnode->getMaterialCount(); ++i)
-		e->setTexture(i, m_tsrc->getTexture(textures[i]));
+		e->setTexture(i, m_tsrc->getTexture(unescape_string(textures[i])));
 
 	if (vec_rot.size() >= 2)
 		e->setRotation(v2f(stof(vec_rot[0]), stof(vec_rot[1])));