diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/src/chatllm.cpp b/gpt4all-chat/src/chatllm.cpp
index 9898ba22f49e..e693c03b60d1 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/src/chatllm.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/src/chatllm.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ bool ChatLLM::loadDefaultModel()
 {
     ModelInfo defaultModel = ModelList::globalInstance()->defaultModelInfo();
     if (defaultModel.filename().isEmpty()) {
-        emit modelLoadingError(u"Could not find any model to load"_qs);
+        emit modelLoadingError(u"Could not find any model to load"_s);
         return false;
     }
     return loadModel(defaultModel);