diff --git a/src/Game.cpp b/src/Game.cpp
index 08b246e..c879ebb 100644
--- a/src/Game.cpp
+++ b/src/Game.cpp
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ void Game::draw_guesses(SDL_Renderer *renderer) {
 
         std::optional<char> current_char = guess_corrector->guessed().lock()[i];
         if (current_char) {
-            const char *text_to_write = &*current_char;
+            const char text_to_write[] = {*current_char, '\0'};
 
-            SDL_Surface *surface = TTF_RenderText_Solid(font, text_to_write, TEXT_COLOR);
+            SDL_Surface *surface = TTF_RenderText_Blended(font, text_to_write, TEXT_COLOR);
             if (surface == nullptr) {
                 std::cerr << "Failed to create surface: " << TTF_GetError() << std::endl;
                 continue;