diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 55b954c5..115c34f7 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2138,14 +2138,16 @@ void minibar(void)
 		char *this_position = openfile->current->data + openfile->current_x;
 
 		if (*this_position == '\0')
-			sprintf(hexadecimal, openfile->current->next ? "U+000A" : "------");
+			sprintf(hexadecimal, openfile->current->next ? "  0x0A" : "------");
 		else if (*this_position == '\n')
-			sprintf(hexadecimal, "U+0000");
-		else if ((unsigned char)*this_position > 0xC1 &&
+			sprintf(hexadecimal, "  0x00");
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
+		else if ((unsigned char)*this_position > 0xC1 && using_utf8() &&
 					mbtowc(&widecode, this_position, MAXCHARLEN) >= 0)
 			sprintf(hexadecimal, "U+%04X", widecode);
+#endif
 		else
-			sprintf(hexadecimal, "U+%04X", (unsigned char)*this_position);
+			sprintf(hexadecimal, "  0x%02X", (unsigned char)*this_position);
 
 		mvwaddstr(bottomwin, 0, COLS - 23, hexadecimal);
 	}