diff --git a/django_starfield/static/django_starfield.css b/django_starfield/static/django_starfield.css
index 95171d491179fd3bff989d56f6f919a95f6e3383..3800cb150fcf0fe2f81f2a00bb8efb5751cadb6c 100644
--- a/django_starfield/static/django_starfield.css
+++ b/django_starfield/static/django_starfield.css
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
     font-size: 18px;
     cursor: pointer;
 }
+
+.django-starfield label span
+{
+    display: none;
+}
  
 .django-starfield input:checked ~ label
 {
diff --git a/django_starfield/templates/django_starfield/stars.html b/django_starfield/templates/django_starfield/stars.html
index d68168d93974c02a1d78bbd423089d007372e45b..239937704d6ba01fcabf55b9a28a4f433afa36aa 100644
--- a/django_starfield/templates/django_starfield/stars.html
+++ b/django_starfield/templates/django_starfield/stars.html
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
  {% for i in stars %}<!--
  --><input type="radio" name="{{ widget.name }}" id="{{ widget.name }}-{{ forloop.counter0 }}"
            value="{{ i }}" {% if widget.value == i %}checked="checked"{% endif %} /><!--
-     --><label for="{{ widget.name }}-{{ forloop.counter0 }}">{{ i }}</label><!--
+     --><label for="{{ widget.name }}-{{ forloop.counter0 }}"><span>{{ i }}</span></label><!--
  -->{% endfor %}
 </div>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'django_starfield.css' %}" />
 <style type="text/css">
- #django-starfield-{{ widget.name }} label {
+ #django-starfield-{{ widget.name }} label:before {
   content: '\{{ codepoint }}';
  }
 </style>