diff --git a/FreeSpace2TranslationTools/Services/XstrManager.cs b/FreeSpace2TranslationTools/Services/XstrManager.cs
index 5aae288..d3d84a5 100644
--- a/FreeSpace2TranslationTools/Services/XstrManager.cs
+++ b/FreeSpace2TranslationTools/Services/XstrManager.cs
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ private string PrepareNewSexpForVariables(List<MissionVariable> VariableList)
         /// <returns></returns>
         private string ConvertHardcodedHudTextToVariables(string content)
         {
-            MatchCollection textMatches = Regex.Matches(content, "(\\( hud-set-text.*?\".*?\".*?\")(.*?)(\".*?\\))", RegexOptions.Singleline);
+            MatchCollection textMatches = Regex.Matches(content, "(\\( (?:hud-set-text|hud-set-directive).*?\".*?\".*?\")(.*?)(\".*?\\))", RegexOptions.Singleline);
             List<MissionVariable> variableList = new();
             List<HudText> hudTextList = new();