diff --git a/modules/pastebin/pages.py b/modules/pastebin/pages.py
index dfe38a33..91b7f1e9 100644
--- a/modules/pastebin/pages.py
+++ b/modules/pastebin/pages.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class PastePage(LoginPage):
         paste.contents = self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(),
                 '//textarea[@id="paste_code"]', 1, 'xpath').text
         visibility_text = self.parser.select(header,
-                '//div[@class="paste_box_line1"]//img', 1, 'xpath').attrib['alt']
+                '//div[@class="paste_box_line1"]//img', 1, 'xpath').attrib['title']
         if visibility_text.startswith('Public'):
             paste.public = True
         elif visibility_text.startswith('Private'):
diff --git a/modules/pastebin/test.py b/modules/pastebin/test.py
index 484d6969..e04000fb 100644
--- a/modules/pastebin/test.py
+++ b/modules/pastebin/test.py
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class PastebinTest(BackendTest):
         p1 = self.backend.new_paste(None, title='ouiboube', contents=u'Weboob <test>¿¡', public=False)
         self.backend.post_paste(p1, max_age=600)
         assert p1.id
+        # not related to testing special chars, but check if the paste is
+        # really private since test_post() tests the contrary
         assert p1.public is False
 
         # this should use the raw method to get the contents