diff --git a/Configuration.cpp b/Configuration.cpp
index eaefa925d..bc551216f 100644
--- a/Configuration.cpp
+++ b/Configuration.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public:
   {
     return {frequency_line_edit_.frequency ()
         , Modes::value (mode_combo_box_.currentText ())
-        , IARURegions::value (region_combo_box_.currentIndex ())};
+        , IARURegions::value (region_combo_box_.currentText ())};
   }
 
 private:
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ void Configuration::impl::accept ()
       macros_.setStringList (next_macros_.stringList ());
     }
 
-  region_ = IARURegions::value (ui_->region_combo_box->currentIndex ());
+  region_ = IARURegions::value (ui_->region_combo_box->currentText ());
 
   if (frequencies_.frequency_list () != next_frequencies_.frequency_list ())
     {
diff --git a/FrequencyList.cpp b/FrequencyList.cpp
index 3133877ab..6129cb753 100644
--- a/FrequencyList.cpp
+++ b/FrequencyList.cpp
@@ -610,29 +610,27 @@ bool FrequencyList_v2::impl::setData (QModelIndex const& model_index, QVariant c
       switch (model_index.column ())
         {
         case region_column:
-          if (value.canConvert<Region> ())
-            {
-              auto region = static_cast<Region> (value.toUInt ());
-              if (region != item.region_)
-                {
-                  item.region_ = region;
-                  Q_EMIT dataChanged (model_index, model_index, roles);
-                  changed = true;
-                }
+          {
+            auto region = IARURegions::value (value.toString ());
+            if (region != item.region_)
+              {
+                item.region_ = region;
+                Q_EMIT dataChanged (model_index, model_index, roles);
+                changed = true;
+              }
             }
           break;
 
         case mode_column:
-          if (value.canConvert<Mode> ())
-            {
-              auto mode = Modes::value (value.toString ());
-              if (mode != item.mode_)
-                {
-                  item.mode_ = mode;
-                  Q_EMIT dataChanged (model_index, model_index, roles);
-                  changed = true;
-                }
-            }
+          {
+            auto mode = Modes::value (value.toString ());
+            if (mode != item.mode_)
+              {
+                item.mode_ = mode;
+                Q_EMIT dataChanged (model_index, model_index, roles);
+                changed = true;
+              }
+          }
           break;
 
         case frequency_column:
diff --git a/IARURegions.cpp b/IARURegions.cpp
index 051935247..604ef51d2 100644
--- a/IARURegions.cpp
+++ b/IARURegions.cpp
@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@ char const * IARURegions::name (Region r)
   return region_names[static_cast<int> (r)];
 }
 
-auto IARURegions::value (int r) -> Region
+auto IARURegions::value (QString const& s) -> Region
 {
-  if (r < 0 || r + 1 >= SENTINAL) return ALL;
-  return static_cast<Region> (r);
+  auto end = region_names + region_names_size;
+  auto p = std::find_if (region_names, end
+                         , [&s] (char const * const name) {
+                           return name == s;
+                         });
+  return p != end ? static_cast<Region> (p - region_names) : ALL;
 }
 
 QVariant IARURegions::data (QModelIndex const& index, int role) const
diff --git a/IARURegions.hpp b/IARURegions.hpp
index 93291e081..6a60343d7 100644
--- a/IARURegions.hpp
+++ b/IARURegions.hpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
 
   // translate between enumeration and human readable strings
   static char const * name (Region);
-  static Region value (int);
+  static Region value (QString const&);
 
   // Implement the QAbstractListModel interface
   int rowCount (QModelIndex const& parent = QModelIndex {}) const override