--- deliantra/server/lib/cf.pm	2007/07/31 17:33:15	1.326
+++ deliantra/server/lib/cf.pm	2007/08/01 17:22:51	1.327
@@ -2552,6 +2552,8 @@
 
          $color &= cf::NDI_COLOR_MASK;
 
+         utf8::encode $msg;
+
          if (0 && $msg =~ /\[/) {
             $self->send_packet ("drawextinfo $color 4 0 $msg")
          } else {