diff --git a/django_starfield/templates/django_starfield/stars.html b/django_starfield/templates/django_starfield/stars.html
index 2e8569cfe83ac86b816901774651edd0567f7488..909ef2774be597115fb393affa3e07d4dcbc9757 100644
--- a/django_starfield/templates/django_starfield/stars.html
+++ b/django_starfield/templates/django_starfield/stars.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% for i in stars %}<!--
 --><input type="radio" name="{{ name }}" id="{{ name }}-{{ forloop.counter0 }}"
           value="{{ i }}" {% if value == i %}checked="checked"{% endif %} /><!--
-    --><label for="{{ name }}-{{ forloop.counter0 }}">{{ i }}</label><!--
+    --><label for="{{ name }}-{{ forloop.counter0 }}"
+              style="content: '\{{ codepoint }}'">{{ i }}</label><!--
 -->{% endfor %}
diff --git a/django_starfield/widgets.py b/django_starfield/widgets.py
index 650370e6f32c54899a58341b9ec9bfe372315bd9..ba26e58fffbc2287f32cb310f2b123709794e1a7 100644
--- a/django_starfield/widgets.py
+++ b/django_starfield/widgets.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Stars(Widget):
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, stars=5, codepoint='2605'):
         super(Stars, self).__init__(attrs)
         self.stars = 5
-        self.codepoint = '2605'
+        self.codepoint = codepoint
 
     def get_context(self, name, value, attrs):
         context = super(Stars, self).get_context(name, value, attrs)