diff --git a/question.py b/question.py
index f289ce5..7e4dd2e 100644
--- a/question.py
+++ b/question.py
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ class Questions(object):
 				if any([x not in q.keys() for x in ["Question", "Answer", "Type"]]):
 					raise QuestionException("Question %d from section %d (%s) is missing one of the keywords Question, Answer or Type" % (j, i, sec["Section"]))
 
+				# check wether the question is a string (else we'll get display errors)
+				if type(q["Question"]) != str:
+					raise QuestionException("Question %d from section %d (%s) needs to have a string as question (put the Question in \"\")" % (j, i, sec["Section"]))
+					print(type(q["Question"]))
+
+
 				# check for keys we do not know
 				for key in q.keys():
 					if key not in self.QUESTION_KEYS: