diff --git a/alib2data/src/alphabet/SymbolFromXMLParser.cpp b/alib2data/src/alphabet/SymbolFromXMLParser.cpp
index 58578b6901748bb7c35c4d5d899301af45097c97..21b3f052ec78892aa0f9a55614cac160563da5d2 100644
--- a/alib2data/src/alphabet/SymbolFromXMLParser.cpp
+++ b/alib2data/src/alphabet/SymbolFromXMLParser.cpp
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ RankedSymbol SymbolFromXMLParser::parseRankedSymbol(std::deque<sax::Token>& inpu
 }
 
 BarSymbol SymbolFromXMLParser::parseBarSymbol(std::deque<sax::Token>& input) const {
-	popToken(input, sax::Token::TokenType::START_ELEMENT, alib::Names::ALPHABET_START_SYMBOL);
-	popToken(input, sax::Token::TokenType::END_ELEMENT, alib::Names::ALPHABET_START_SYMBOL);
+	popToken(input, sax::Token::TokenType::START_ELEMENT, alib::Names::ALPHABET_BAR_SYMBOL);
+	popToken(input, sax::Token::TokenType::END_ELEMENT, alib::Names::ALPHABET_BAR_SYMBOL);
 	return BarSymbol();
 }