diff --git a/src/Forms/BatchConvert.cs b/src/Forms/BatchConvert.cs
index fbaba0b01..8078d499c 100644
--- a/src/Forms/BatchConvert.cs
+++ b/src/Forms/BatchConvert.cs
@@ -730,11 +730,11 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
                                 sub = vobSubOcr.SubtitleFromOcr;
                             }
                         }
-                        if (comboBoxSubtitleFormats.Text == new AdvancedSubStationAlpha().Name && _assStyle != null)
+                        if (comboBoxSubtitleFormats.Text == AdvancedSubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat && _assStyle != null)
                         {
                             sub.Header = _assStyle;
                         }
-                        else if (comboBoxSubtitleFormats.Text == new SubStationAlpha().Name && _ssaStyle != null)
+                        else if (comboBoxSubtitleFormats.Text == SubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat && _ssaStyle != null)
                         {
                             sub.Header = _ssaStyle;
                         }
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
 
         private void ComboBoxSubtitleFormatsSelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            if (comboBoxSubtitleFormats.Text == new AdvancedSubStationAlpha().Name || comboBoxSubtitleFormats.Text == new SubStationAlpha().Name)
+            if (comboBoxSubtitleFormats.Text == AdvancedSubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat || comboBoxSubtitleFormats.Text == SubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat)
             {
                 buttonStyles.Visible = true;
             }
diff --git a/src/Forms/Main.cs b/src/Forms/Main.cs
index aa597fd57..8ff7effd0 100644
--- a/src/Forms/Main.cs
+++ b/src/Forms/Main.cs
@@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (format == null || format.Name == new Scenarist().Name)
+                if (format == null || format.Name == Scenarist.NameOfFormat)
                 {
                     try
                     {
@@ -2165,7 +2165,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (format == null || format.Name == new SubRip().Name)
+                if (format == null || format.Name == SubRip.NameOfFormat)
                 {
                     if (_subtitle.Paragraphs.Count > 1)
                     {
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (format == null || format.Name == new Scenarist().Name)
+                if (format == null || format.Name == Scenarist.NameOfFormat)
                 {
                     try
                     {
diff --git a/src/Forms/Styles/SubStationAlphaStyles.cs b/src/Forms/Styles/SubStationAlphaStyles.cs
index c9193c624..fdef06146 100644
--- a/src/Forms/Styles/SubStationAlphaStyles.cs
+++ b/src/Forms/Styles/SubStationAlphaStyles.cs
@@ -1121,12 +1121,12 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms.Styles
             openFileDialogImport.InitialDirectory = Configuration.DataDirectory;
             if (_isSubStationAlpha)
             {
-                openFileDialogImport.Filter = new SubStationAlpha().Name + "|*.ssa|" + Configuration.Settings.Language.General.AllFiles + "|*.*";
+                openFileDialogImport.Filter = SubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat + "|*.ssa|" + Configuration.Settings.Language.General.AllFiles + "|*.*";
                 saveFileDialogStyle.FileName = "my_styles.ssa";
             }
             else
             {
-                openFileDialogImport.Filter = new AdvancedSubStationAlpha().Name + "|*.ass|" + Configuration.Settings.Language.General.AllFiles + "|*.*";
+                openFileDialogImport.Filter = AdvancedSubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat + "|*.ass|" + Configuration.Settings.Language.General.AllFiles + "|*.*";
                 saveFileDialogStyle.FileName = "my_styles.ass";
             }
 
@@ -1207,12 +1207,12 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms.Styles
             saveFileDialogStyle.InitialDirectory = Configuration.DataDirectory;
             if (_isSubStationAlpha)
             {
-                saveFileDialogStyle.Filter = new SubStationAlpha().Name + "|*.ssa|" + Configuration.Settings.Language.General.AllFiles + "|*.*";
+                saveFileDialogStyle.Filter = SubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat + "|*.ssa|" + Configuration.Settings.Language.General.AllFiles + "|*.*";
                 saveFileDialogStyle.FileName = "my_styles.ssa";
             }
             else
             {
-                saveFileDialogStyle.Filter = new AdvancedSubStationAlpha().Name + "|*.ass|" + Configuration.Settings.Language.General.AllFiles + "|*.*";
+                saveFileDialogStyle.Filter = AdvancedSubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat + "|*.ass|" + Configuration.Settings.Language.General.AllFiles + "|*.*";
                 saveFileDialogStyle.FileName = "my_styles.ass";
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Logic/CommandLineConvert.cs b/src/Logic/CommandLineConvert.cs
index c575c24ad..4920568d0 100644
--- a/src/Logic/CommandLineConvert.cs
+++ b/src/Logic/CommandLineConvert.cs
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
 
                                                 if (format.GetType() == typeof(AdvancedSubStationAlpha) || format.GetType() == typeof(SubStationAlpha))
                                                 {
-                                                    if (toFormat.ToLower() != new AdvancedSubStationAlpha().Name.ToLower().Replace(" ", string.Empty) &&
-                                                        toFormat.ToLower() != new SubStationAlpha().Name.ToLower().Replace(" ", string.Empty))
+                                                    if (toFormat.ToLower() != AdvancedSubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat.ToLower().Replace(" ", string.Empty) &&
+                                                        toFormat.ToLower() != SubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat.ToLower().Replace(" ", string.Empty))
                                                     {
 
                                                         foreach (SubtitleFormat sf in formats)
diff --git a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/AdvancedSubStationAlpha.cs b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/AdvancedSubStationAlpha.cs
index 8ff31dc72..5cc6739e2 100644
--- a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/AdvancedSubStationAlpha.cs
+++ b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/AdvancedSubStationAlpha.cs
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.SubtitleFormats
             get { return ".ass"; }
         }
 
+        public const string NameOfFormat = "Advanced Sub Station Alpha";
+
         public override string Name
         {
-            get { return "Advanced Sub Station Alpha"; }
+            get { return NameOfFormat; }
         }
 
         public override bool IsTimeBased
@@ -855,7 +857,7 @@ Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Actor, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
 
         public override void RemoveNativeFormatting(Subtitle subtitle, SubtitleFormat newFormat)
         {
-            if (newFormat != null && newFormat.Name == new SubStationAlpha().Name)
+            if (newFormat != null && newFormat.Name == SubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat)
             {
                 foreach (Paragraph p in subtitle.Paragraphs)
                 {
diff --git a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/Scenarist.cs b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/Scenarist.cs
index 39aebf2a7..bb5b8625f 100644
--- a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/Scenarist.cs
+++ b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/Scenarist.cs
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.SubtitleFormats
             get { return ".txt"; }
         }
 
+        public const string NameOfFormat = "Scenarist";
+
         public override string Name
         {
-            get { return "Scenarist"; }
+            get { return NameOfFormat; }
         }
 
         public override bool IsTimeBased
diff --git a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/SubRip.cs b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/SubRip.cs
index 6eeb9b887..999efddd5 100644
--- a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/SubRip.cs
+++ b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/SubRip.cs
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.SubtitleFormats
             get { return ".srt"; }
         }
 
+        public const string NameOfFormat = "SubRip";
+
         public override string Name
         {
-            get { return "SubRip"; }
+            get { return NameOfFormat; }
         }
 
         public override bool IsTimeBased
diff --git a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/SubStationAlpha.cs b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/SubStationAlpha.cs
index 86e00eb32..c5e058759 100644
--- a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/SubStationAlpha.cs
+++ b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/SubStationAlpha.cs
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.SubtitleFormats
             get { return ".ssa"; }
         }
 
+
+        public const string NameOfFormat = "Sub Station Alpha";
+
         public override string Name
         {
-            get { return "Sub Station Alpha"; }
+            get { return NameOfFormat; }
         }
 
         public override bool IsTimeBased
@@ -434,7 +437,7 @@ Format: Marked, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
 
         public override void RemoveNativeFormatting(Subtitle subtitle, SubtitleFormat newFormat)
         {
-            if (newFormat != null && newFormat.Name == new AdvancedSubStationAlpha().Name)
+            if (newFormat != null && newFormat.Name == AdvancedSubStationAlpha.NameOfFormat)
             {
                 // do we need any conversion?
             }