diff --git a/include/textbox.h b/include/textbox.h
index fe59b02a..ecc52784 100644
--- a/include/textbox.h
+++ b/include/textbox.h
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ typedef struct
 
 typedef enum
 {
-    TB_AUTOHEIGHT    = 1 << 0,
-        TB_AUTOWIDTH = 1 << 1,
-        TB_LEFT      = 1 << 16,
-        TB_RIGHT     = 1 << 17,
-        TB_CENTER    = 1 << 18,
-        TB_EDITABLE  = 1 << 19,
-        TB_MARKUP    = 1 << 20,
-        TB_WRAP      = 1 << 21,
-        TB_PASSWORD  = 1 << 22,
+    TB_AUTOHEIGHT = 1 << 0,
+    TB_AUTOWIDTH  = 1 << 1,
+    TB_LEFT       = 1 << 16,
+    TB_RIGHT      = 1 << 17,
+    TB_CENTER     = 1 << 18,
+    TB_EDITABLE   = 1 << 19,
+    TB_MARKUP     = 1 << 20,
+    TB_WRAP       = 1 << 21,
+    TB_PASSWORD   = 1 << 22,
 } TextboxFlags;
 
 typedef enum
diff --git a/source/textbox.c b/source/textbox.c
index 4226c39e..b0e5d58e 100644
--- a/source/textbox.c
+++ b/source/textbox.c
@@ -124,6 +124,31 @@ void textbox_font ( textbox *tb, TextBoxFontType tbft )
     tb->tbft = tbft;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param tb The textbox object.
+ *
+ * Update the pango layout's text. It does this depending on the
+ * textbox flags.
+ */
+static void __textbox_update_pango_text ( textbox *tb )
+{
+    if ( ( tb->flags & TB_PASSWORD ) == TB_PASSWORD ) {
+        size_t l = g_utf8_strlen ( tb->text, -1 );
+        char   string [l + 1];
+        memset ( string, '*', l );
+        string[l] = '\0';
+        pango_layout_set_attributes ( tb->layout, NULL );
+        pango_layout_set_text ( tb->layout, string, l );
+    }
+    else if ( tb->flags & TB_MARKUP || tb->tbft & MARKUP ) {
+        pango_layout_set_markup ( tb->layout, tb->text, strlen ( tb->text ) );
+    }
+    else {
+        pango_layout_set_attributes ( tb->layout, NULL );
+        pango_layout_set_text ( tb->layout, tb->text, strlen ( tb->text ) );
+    }
+}
+
 // set the default text to display
 void textbox_text ( textbox *tb, const char *text )
 {
@@ -143,21 +168,7 @@ void textbox_text ( textbox *tb, const char *text )
             tb->text = g_strdup ( "Invalid UTF-8 string." );
         }
     }
-    if ( ( tb->flags & TB_PASSWORD ) == TB_PASSWORD ) {
-        size_t l = strlen ( tb->text );
-        char   string [l + 1];
-        memset ( string, '*', l );
-        string[l] = '\0';
-        pango_layout_set_attributes ( tb->layout, NULL );
-        pango_layout_set_text ( tb->layout, string, l );
-    }
-    else if ( tb->flags & TB_MARKUP || tb->tbft & MARKUP ) {
-        pango_layout_set_markup ( tb->layout, tb->text, strlen ( tb->text ) );
-    }
-    else {
-        pango_layout_set_attributes ( tb->layout, NULL );
-        pango_layout_set_text ( tb->layout, tb->text, strlen ( tb->text ) );
-    }
+    __textbox_update_pango_text ( tb );
     if ( tb->flags & TB_AUTOWIDTH ) {
         textbox_moveresize ( tb, tb->widget.x, tb->widget.y, tb->widget.w, tb->widget.h );
     }
@@ -247,20 +258,7 @@ static void texbox_update ( textbox *tb )
         int  cursor_width = MAX ( 2, font_height / 10 );
 
         if ( tb->changed ) {
-            if ( ( tb->flags & TB_PASSWORD ) == TB_PASSWORD ) {
-                size_t l = strlen ( tb->text );
-                char   string [l + 1];
-                memset ( string, '*', l );
-                string[l] = '\0';
-                pango_layout_set_attributes ( tb->layout, NULL );
-                pango_layout_set_text ( tb->layout, string, l );
-            }
-            else if ( tb->flags & TB_MARKUP ) {
-                pango_layout_set_markup ( tb->layout, text, text_len );
-            }
-            else{
-                pango_layout_set_text ( tb->layout, text, text_len );
-            }
+            __textbox_update_pango_text ( tb );
         }
 
         if ( tb->flags & TB_EDITABLE ) {