diff --git a/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.cpp b/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.cpp
index e69b03a4fc52ed506cac172cb0b9887d444940fd..34726c796af409a08e97a56651348ad70364d83a 100644
--- a/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_pbSaveWaypoints_clicked()
         QFile f(savePath);
         f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text);
         for (int i= 0; i < setpointList->rowCount(); i++) {
-            f.write(setpointList->item(i)->text().toAscii());
+            f.write(setpointList->item(i)->text().toStdString().c_str());
             f.write("\n");
         }
         f.close();