diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlecode/lanterna/tutorial/Tutorial03.java b/src/test/java/com/googlecode/lanterna/tutorial/Tutorial03.java
index fd00a0ebb..76e4fe847 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlecode/lanterna/tutorial/Tutorial03.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlecode/lanterna/tutorial/Tutorial03.java
@@ -61,11 +61,7 @@ though, a Screen holds two text character surfaces (front and back) which corres
             TerminalSize terminalSize = screen.getTerminalSize();
             for(int column = 0; column < terminalSize.getColumns(); column++) {
                 for(int row = 0; row < terminalSize.getRows(); row++) {
-                    screen.setCharacter(column, row, new TextCharacter(
-                            ' ',
-                            TextColor.ANSI.DEFAULT,
-                            // This will pick a random background color
-                            TextColor.ANSI.values()[random.nextInt(TextColor.ANSI.values().length)]));
+                    screen.setCharacter(column, row, TextCharacter.fromCharacter(' ', TextColor.ANSI.DEFAULT, TextColor.ANSI.values()[random.nextInt(TextColor.ANSI.values().length)])[0]);
                 }
             }