diff --git a/extra/ui/gadgets/alerts/alerts.factor b/extra/ui/gadgets/alerts/alerts.factor
index 04c6b013df..03d60957fa 100644
--- a/extra/ui/gadgets/alerts/alerts.factor
+++ b/extra/ui/gadgets/alerts/alerts.factor
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-USING: accessors ui ui.gadgets ui.gadgets.labels ui.gadgets.buttons ui.gadgets.packs locals sequences io.styles ;
+USING: accessors ui ui.gadgets ui.gadgets.labels ui.gadgets.buttons ui.gadgets.packs locals sequences fonts io.styles ;
 IN: ui.gadgets.alerts
-:: alert ( quot string -- ) <pile> { 10 10 } >>gap 1 >>align string <label> { "sans-serif" plain 18 } >>font { 200 100 } >>pref-dim add-gadget 
+:: alert ( quot string -- ) <pile> { 10 10 } >>gap 1 >>align string <label> T{ font { name "sans-serif" } { size 18 } } >>font { 200 100 } >>pref-dim add-gadget 
    "okay" [ close-window ] quot append <border-button> add-gadget "" open-window ;
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