--- deliantra/server/ext/irc.ext	2007/05/18 13:56:50	1.1
+++ deliantra/server/ext/irc.ext	2007/05/18 21:24:31	1.2
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 sub handle_fcmd {
    my ($name, $me, $msg) = @_;
 
-   utf8::decode $msg;
-
    if ($msg eq "!who") {
       do_notice $_
          for ext::commands::who_listing ();
@@ -80,10 +78,13 @@
          my $name = 'irc';
          my $nick = Net::IRC3::Util::prefix_nick ($msg);
          my $NOW = Time::HiRes::time;
+
          my $tmsg = $msg->{trailing};
          $tmsg =~ s/\x01[^\x01]*\x01//g;
          $tmsg =~ s/\015?\012/ /g;
-         utf8::encode $tmsg; # ->message not yet utf8-ified
+
+         utf8::decode $tmsg;
+
          if ($tmsg =~ /^\!/) {
             handle_fcmd ($name, $nick, $tmsg);
          } elsif ($tmsg =~ m/\S/) {