diff --git a/bfg.tcl b/bfg.tcl
index de36907..c32a7b6 100755
--- a/bfg.tcl
+++ b/bfg.tcl
@@ -928,11 +928,11 @@ ttk::frame .ctrl -padding 4
 # change this to 2605 when active
 set bookmarkactive "\u2606"
 set bookmarklabel "Add bookmark"
-grid [ttk::button .ctrl.back -text "↩" -width $btnwidth -style bfg.TButton -command {goback}] \
+grid [ttk::button .ctrl.back -text "\u21a9" -width $btnwidth -style bfg.TButton -command {goback}] \
   -row 0 -column 0 -sticky nes -padx $btnpad
-grid [ttk::button .ctrl.fwd -text "↪️" -width $btnwidth -style bfg.TButton -command {goforward}] \
+grid [ttk::button .ctrl.fwd -text "\u21aa" -width $btnwidth -style bfg.TButton -command {goforward}] \
   -row 0 -column 1 -sticky nes -padx $btnpad
-grid [ttk::button .ctrl.refresh -text "↻" -width $btnwidth -style bfg.TButton -command {urlfetch "$targeturl" 0}] \
+grid [ttk::button .ctrl.refresh -text "\u21bb" -width $btnwidth -style bfg.TButton -command {urlfetch "$targeturl" 0}] \
   -row 0 -column 2 -sticky nes -padx $btnpad
 grid [ttk::entry .ctrl.addr -textvariable targeturl -width 40 -font bfg_entryfont] -row 0 -column 3 -sticky nswe -ipadx $btnpad
 grid [ttk::menubutton .ctrl.bkm -textvariable bookmarkactive -style bfg.TButton -width $btnwidth -menu .ctrl.bkm.menu] \