diff --git a/ANX.Framework.Content.Pipeline/Importer/FontDescriptionImporter.cs b/ANX.Framework.Content.Pipeline/Importer/FontDescriptionImporter.cs
index 7054e04f..b8a2e17a 100644
--- a/ANX.Framework.Content.Pipeline/Importer/FontDescriptionImporter.cs
+++ b/ANX.Framework.Content.Pipeline/Importer/FontDescriptionImporter.cs
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Importer
             FontDescriptionStyle fontStyle;
             Enum.TryParse(styleElement.Value, out fontStyle);
 
+            //Check for default character element and try to parse it
+            var defaultCharElement = assetNode.Element("DefaultCharacter");
+            char? defaultChar = null;
+            if (defaultCharElement != null)
+            {
+                char c;
+                if (Char.TryParse(defaultCharElement.Value, out c))
+                {
+                    defaultChar = c;
+                }
+            }
+
             //Get the character regions element to iterate through the character regions
             var charRegionsElement = assetNode.Element("CharacterRegions");
             if (charRegionsElement == null)
@@ -136,8 +148,8 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Importer
             _logger.LogMessage("Import of SpriteFont finished.");
             var result = new FontDescription(fontName, fontSize, fontSpacing, fontStyle)
                                          {
-                                             Characters = characters/*, 
-                                             DefaultCharacter = '*'*/  //Currently disabled because the ContentLoader does not like this (Bad XNB)
+                                             Characters = characters, 
+                                             DefaultCharacter = defaultChar  //Currently disabled because the ContentLoader does not like this (Bad XNB)
                                          };
 
             return result;
diff --git a/ANX.Framework/Content/GraphicTypeReaders/SpriteFontReader.cs b/ANX.Framework/Content/GraphicTypeReaders/SpriteFontReader.cs
index af040d93..6e474526 100644
--- a/ANX.Framework/Content/GraphicTypeReaders/SpriteFontReader.cs
+++ b/ANX.Framework/Content/GraphicTypeReaders/SpriteFontReader.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.Content
             int verticalLineSpacing = input.ReadInt32();
             float horizontalSpacing = input.ReadSingle();
             List<Vector3> kerning = input.ReadObject<List<Vector3>>();
-            char? defaultCharacter = input.ReadObject<char?>();
+
+            char? defaultCharacter = null;
+            if (input.ReadBoolean())
+            {
+                defaultCharacter = new char?(input.ReadChar());
+            }
 
             SpriteFont spriteFont = new SpriteFont(
                 texture, glyphs, cropping, characterMap, 
diff --git a/Samples/SampleContent/Fonts/Debug.spritefont b/Samples/SampleContent/Fonts/Debug.spritefont
index 6e989615..cd1a12c1 100644
--- a/Samples/SampleContent/Fonts/Debug.spritefont
+++ b/Samples/SampleContent/Fonts/Debug.spritefont
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sind.
     Wenn Sie den Kommentar von dieser Zeile entfernen, wird das Standardzeichen ersetzt, wenn Sie zeichnen
     oder Text messen, der Zeichen enthält, die in der Schriftart nicht enthalten sind.
     -->
-    <!-- <DefaultCharacter>*</DefaultCharacter> -->
+    <DefaultCharacter>*</DefaultCharacter>
 
     <!--
     CharacterRegions steuert, welche Buchstaben in der Schriftart verfügbar sind. Jedes