diff --git gui/map_frame.cc gui/map_frame.cc
index 0891adc3a3..022fb2084e 100644
--- gui/map_frame.cc
+++ gui/map_frame.cc
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ map_frame_t::map_frame_t() :
 		add_component( zoom_buttons+0 );
 
 		// zoom level value label
-		zoom_value_label.buf().append("1:1");
+		sint16 zoom_in, zoom_out;
+		minimap_t::get_instance()->get_zoom_factors(zoom_out, zoom_in);
+		zoom_value_label.buf().printf("%i:%i", zoom_in, zoom_out );
 		zoom_value_label.update();
 		add_component( &zoom_value_label );