diff --git a/src/SeerVariableLoggerBrowserWidget.cpp b/src/SeerVariableLoggerBrowserWidget.cpp
index 6f28db4..8b6a124 100644
--- a/src/SeerVariableLoggerBrowserWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/SeerVariableLoggerBrowserWidget.cpp
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ void SeerVariableLoggerBrowserWidget::handleContextMenu (const QPoint& pos) {
         }
     }
 
+    // Remove potential '&' and '*' characters at start of string.
+    variable.remove(QRegularExpression("^[\\*\\&]*"));
+
     addMemoryVisualizerAction->setText(QString("\"%1\"").arg(actionText));
     addMemoryAsteriskVisualizerAction->setText(QString("\"*%1\"").arg(actionText));
     addMemoryAmpersandVisualizerAction->setText(QString("\"&&%1\"").arg(actionText));
diff --git a/src/SeerVariableTrackerBrowserWidget.cpp b/src/SeerVariableTrackerBrowserWidget.cpp
index cf899d0..21f0422 100644
--- a/src/SeerVariableTrackerBrowserWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/SeerVariableTrackerBrowserWidget.cpp
@@ -608,6 +608,9 @@ void SeerVariableTrackerBrowserWidget::handleContextMenu (const QPoint& pos) {
         }
     }
 
+    // Remove potential '&' and '*' characters at start of string.
+    variable.remove(QRegularExpression("^[\\*\\&]*"));
+
     addMemoryVisualizerAction->setText(QString("\"%1\"").arg(actionText));
     addMemoryAsteriskVisualizerAction->setText(QString("\"*%1\"").arg(actionText));
     addMemoryAmpersandVisualizerAction->setText(QString("\"&&%1\"").arg(actionText));