diff --git a/direct/src/leveleditor/Configrc b/direct/src/leveleditor/Configrc
index 9031f0042c..4d947b9c74 100644
--- a/direct/src/leveleditor/Configrc
+++ b/direct/src/leveleditor/Configrc
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+# This is a workaround to load Japanese fonts
+use-vfs 0
+
 want-tk 1
 want-directtools 1
 level-editor-hoods TT