diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript
index 18197d09a..7f3fb2d43 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript
@@ -1120,8 +1120,7 @@ function MaterialEditorGui::updateActiveMaterial(%this, %propertyField, %value,
       %action.isSlider = %isSlider;
       %action.onMouseUp = %onMouseUp;
       %action.newValue = %value;
-      eval( "%action.oldValue = " @ MaterialEditorGui.currentMaterial @ "." @ %propertyField @ ";");
-      %action.oldValue = "\"" @ %action.oldValue @ "\"";
+      %action.oldValue = "\"" @ MaterialEditorGui.currentMaterial.getFieldValue(%propertyField) @ "\"";
       MaterialEditorGui.submitUndo( %action );
    }