diff --git a/novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py b/novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py
index 519f6b73..8d23728a 100644
--- a/novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py
+++ b/novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py
@@ -543,33 +543,6 @@ class GuiPreferences(NDialog):
             self.tr("Applies to the selected quote styles.")
         )
 
-        self.allowOpenDial = NSwitch(self)
-        self.allowOpenDial.setChecked(CONFIG.allowOpenDial)
-        self.mainForm.addRow(
-            self.tr("Allow open-ended dialogue"), self.allowOpenDial,
-            self.tr("Highlight dialogue line with no closing quote.")
-        )
-
-        self.narratorBreak = QLineEdit(self)
-        self.narratorBreak.setMaxLength(1)
-        self.narratorBreak.setFixedWidth(boxFixed)
-        self.narratorBreak.setAlignment(QtAlignCenter)
-        self.narratorBreak.setText(CONFIG.narratorBreak)
-        self.mainForm.addRow(
-            self.tr("Dialogue narrator break symbol"), self.narratorBreak,
-            self.tr("Symbol to indicate injected narrator break.")
-        )
-
-        self.dialogLine = QLineEdit(self)
-        self.dialogLine.setMaxLength(1)
-        self.dialogLine.setFixedWidth(boxFixed)
-        self.dialogLine.setAlignment(QtAlignCenter)
-        self.dialogLine.setText(CONFIG.dialogLine)
-        self.mainForm.addRow(
-            self.tr("Dialogue line symbol"), self.dialogLine,
-            self.tr("Lines starting with this symbol are dialogue.")
-        )
-
         self.altDialogOpen = QLineEdit(self)
         self.altDialogOpen.setMaxLength(4)
         self.altDialogOpen.setFixedWidth(boxFixed)
@@ -587,6 +560,33 @@ class GuiPreferences(NDialog):
             self.tr("Custom highlighting of dialogue text.")
         )
 
+        self.allowOpenDial = NSwitch(self)
+        self.allowOpenDial.setChecked(CONFIG.allowOpenDial)
+        self.mainForm.addRow(
+            self.tr("Allow open-ended dialogue"), self.allowOpenDial,
+            self.tr("Highlight dialogue line with no closing quote.")
+        )
+
+        self.dialogLine = QLineEdit(self)
+        self.dialogLine.setMaxLength(1)
+        self.dialogLine.setFixedWidth(boxFixed)
+        self.dialogLine.setAlignment(QtAlignCenter)
+        self.dialogLine.setText(CONFIG.dialogLine)
+        self.mainForm.addRow(
+            self.tr("Dialogue line symbol"), self.dialogLine,
+            self.tr("Lines starting with this symbol are dialogue.")
+        )
+
+        self.narratorBreak = QLineEdit(self)
+        self.narratorBreak.setMaxLength(1)
+        self.narratorBreak.setFixedWidth(boxFixed)
+        self.narratorBreak.setAlignment(QtAlignCenter)
+        self.narratorBreak.setText(CONFIG.narratorBreak)
+        self.mainForm.addRow(
+            self.tr("Dialogue narrator break symbol"), self.narratorBreak,
+            self.tr("Symbol to indicate injected narrator break.")
+        )
+
         self.highlightEmph = NSwitch(self)
         self.highlightEmph.setChecked(CONFIG.highlightEmph)
         self.mainForm.addRow(
diff --git a/novelwriter/formats/tokenizer.py b/novelwriter/formats/tokenizer.py
index 0c6eabdd..9ba26a89 100644
--- a/novelwriter/formats/tokenizer.py
+++ b/novelwriter/formats/tokenizer.py
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ class Tokenizer(ABC):
                     REGEX_PATTERNS.altDialogStyle,
                     (TextFmt.COL_B, "altdialog"), (TextFmt.COL_E, ""),
                 ))
-            self._dialogLine = CONFIG.dialogLine
-            self._narratorBreak = CONFIG.narratorBreak
+            self._dialogLine = CONFIG.dialogLine.strip()[:1]
+            self._narratorBreak = CONFIG.narratorBreak.strip()[:1]
         return
 
     def setTitleMargins(self, upper: float, lower: float) -> None:
diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py b/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py
index 1931640e..24c4d373 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ class GuiDocHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
         self._txtRules.clear()
         self._cmnRules.clear()
 
-        self._dialogLine = CONFIG.dialogLine
-        self._narratorBreak = CONFIG.narratorBreak
+        self._dialogLine = CONFIG.dialogLine.strip()[:1]
+        self._narratorBreak = CONFIG.narratorBreak.strip()[:1]
 
         # Multiple or Trailing Spaces
         if CONFIG.showMultiSpaces: