diff -r -u -N AfterStep-1.5beta4/src/afterstep/events.c AfterStep-current/src/afterstep/events.c
--- AfterStep-1.5beta4/src/afterstep/events.c	Mon Sep 14 16:47:01 1998
+++ AfterStep-current/src/afterstep/events.c	Thu Oct  1 07:22:26 1998
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
     case XA_WM_NAME:
 #ifdef I18N
       if (XGetWindowProperty (dpy, Tmp_win->w, Event.xproperty.atom, 0L,
-			      MAX_NAME_LEN, False, XA_STRING, &actual,
+			      MAX_NAME_LEN, False, AnyPropertyType, &actual,
 			      &actual_format, &nitems, &bytesafter,
 			      (unsigned char **) &prop) != Success ||
 	  actual == None)