diff --git a/src/columns/ColMask.cpp b/src/columns/ColMask.cpp
index 08a8e70e5..d7a82e256 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColMask.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColMask.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void ColumnMask::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int& maxim
   minimum = maximum = 0;
   if (task.has (_name))
   {
-    minimum = maximum = task.get ("mask").length ();
+    minimum = maximum = task.get (_name).length ();
 
     if (_style != "default")
       throw format (STRING_COLUMN_BAD_FORMAT, _name, _style);
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void ColumnMask::render (
   Color& color)
 {
   if (task.has (_name))
-    renderStringLeft (lines, width, color, task.get ("mask"));
+    renderStringLeft (lines, width, color, task.get (_name));
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////