diff --git a/src/gui/PageView.cpp b/src/gui/PageView.cpp
index 4f1dc758..b5db9b3f 100644
--- a/src/gui/PageView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/PageView.cpp
@@ -887,11 +887,11 @@ bool XojPageView::actionDelete()
 	return false;
 }
 
-bool XojPageView::paintPage(cairo_t* cr, GdkRectangle* rect)
+bool XojPageView::paintPage(cairo_t* cr, GdkRectangle* rect, double scalingFactor)
 {
 	XOJ_CHECK_TYPE(XojPageView);
 
-	static const char* txtLoading = _C("Loading...");
+	static const string txtLoading = _("Loading...");
 
 	double zoom = xournal->getZoom();
 
@@ -914,10 +914,10 @@ bool XojPageView::paintPage(cairo_t* cr, GdkRectangle* rect)
 		cairo_set_source_rgb(cr2, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
 		cairo_select_font_face(cr2, "Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD);
 		cairo_set_font_size(cr2, 32.0);
-		cairo_text_extents(cr2, txtLoading, &ex);
+		cairo_text_extents(cr2, txtLoading.c_str(), &ex);
 		cairo_move_to(cr2, (page->getWidth() - ex.width) / 2 - ex.x_bearing,
 						   (page->getHeight() - ex.height) / 2 - ex.y_bearing);
-		cairo_show_text(cr2, txtLoading);
+		cairo_show_text(cr2, txtLoading.c_str());
 
 		cairo_destroy(cr2);
 		rerenderPage();
diff --git a/src/gui/PageView.h b/src/gui/PageView.h
index 9d1812ec..db57d38b 100644
--- a/src/gui/PageView.h
+++ b/src/gui/PageView.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public: // event handler
 	 * This method actually repaints the XojPageView, triggering
 	 * a rerender call if necessary
 	 */
-	bool paintPage(cairo_t* cr, GdkRectangle* rect);
+	bool paintPage(cairo_t* cr, GdkRectangle* rect, double scalingFactor);
 
 public: // listener
 	void rectChanged(Rectangle& rect);
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/XournalWidget.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/XournalWidget.cpp
index 3ff539d1..31db5958 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/XournalWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/XournalWidget.cpp
@@ -738,6 +738,11 @@ static gboolean gtk_xournal_draw(GtkWidget* widget, cairo_t* cr)
 
 	Rectangle clippingRect(x1 - 10, y1 - 10, x2 - x1 + 20, y2 - y1 + 20);
 
+	// This scaling factor is an int, but e.g. Ubuntu allow to configure
+	// float values in the settings, may this settings can be used
+	// but probably reported by another function
+	double scalingFactor = gtk_widget_get_scale_factor(widget);
+
 	while (it.hasNext())
 	{
 		XojPageView* pv = it.next();
@@ -757,7 +762,7 @@ static gboolean gtk_xournal_draw(GtkWidget* widget, cairo_t* cr)
 		cairo_save(cr);
 		cairo_translate(cr, px, py);
 
-		pv->paintPage(cr, NULL);
+		pv->paintPage(cr, NULL, scalingFactor);
 		cairo_restore(cr);
 	}