diff --git a/src/draw.c b/src/draw.c
index 1d239f16..ae959c75 100644
--- a/src/draw.c
+++ b/src/draw.c
@@ -717,9 +717,13 @@ void draw_symbol(int what,int c, int n,int layer,short tmp_flip, short rot,
         }
         #endif
         my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &txtptr, translate(n, text.txt_ptr));
-        if(strchr(txtptr, '@') && !strstr(text.txt_ptr, "\\@"))
-           my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &txtptr, translate(n, txtptr));
-        dbg(1, "drawing string: str=%s prop=%s\n", txtptr, text.prop_ptr);
+        /* this is not done in symbol_bbox and creates inconsistencies 
+         * between bbox calculated text and displayed ext */
+        /* 
+         * if(strchr(txtptr, '@') && !strstr(text.txt_ptr, "\\@"))
+         *   my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &txtptr, translate(n, txtptr));
+         */
+        dbg(1, "drawing string: str=%s prop=%s\n", txtptr, text.prop_ptr ?  text.prop_ptr : "NULL");
         draw_string(textlayer, what, txtptr,
           (text.rot + ( (flip && (text.rot & 1) ) ? rot+2 : rot) ) & 0x3,
           flip^text.flip, text.hcenter, text.vcenter,
@@ -886,8 +890,12 @@ void draw_temp_symbol(int what, GC gc, int n,int layer,short tmp_flip, short rot
      customfont = set_text_custom_font(&text);
      #endif
      my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &txtptr, translate(n, text.txt_ptr));
-     if(strchr(txtptr, '@') && !strstr(text.txt_ptr, "\\@"))
-        my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &txtptr, translate(n, txtptr));
+     /* this is not done in symbol_bbox and creates inconsistencies 
+      * between bbox calculated text and displayed ext */
+     /* 
+      * if(strchr(txtptr, '@') && !strstr(text.txt_ptr, "\\@"))
+      *   my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &txtptr, translate(n, txtptr));
+      */
      if(txtptr[0]) draw_temp_string(gc, what, txtptr,
        (text.rot + ( (flip && (text.rot & 1) ) ? rot+2 : rot) ) & 0x3,
        flip^text.flip, text.hcenter, text.vcenter, x0+x1, y0+y1, xscale, yscale);
diff --git a/src/select.c b/src/select.c
index ad26bdaa..4cb8480f 100644
--- a/src/select.c
+++ b/src/select.c
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@ void symbol_bbox(int i, double *x1,double *y1, double *x2, double *y2)
      if(!xctx->show_hidden_texts && (text.flags & (HIDE_TEXT | HIDE_TEXT_INSTANTIATED))) continue;
      sym_flip = flip;
      sym_rot = rot;
-     /* dbg(2, "symbol_bbox(): instance %d text n: %d text str=%s\n", i,j, text.txt_ptr? text.txt_ptr:"NULL"); */
+     dbg(1, "symbol_bbox(): instance %d text n: %d text str=%s\n", i,j, text.txt_ptr? text.txt_ptr:"NULL");
      tmp_txt = translate(i, text.txt_ptr);
-     /* dbg(2, "symbol_bbox(): translated text: %s\n", tmp_txt); */
+     dbg(1, "symbol_bbox(): translated text: %s\n", tmp_txt);
      ROTATION(rot, flip, 0.0,0.0,text.x0, text.y0,text_x0,text_y0);
      #if HAS_CAIRO==1
      customfont=set_text_custom_font(&text);