diff --git a/app/Notifications/Echomails/MatrixMessage.php b/app/Notifications/Echomails/MatrixMessage.php
index 7b9325c..890c329 100644
--- a/app/Notifications/Echomails/MatrixMessage.php
+++ b/app/Notifications/Echomails/MatrixMessage.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class MatrixMessage extends Echomails
 		$o->datetime = Carbon::createFromTimestampMs($this->mo->ts);
 		$o->subject = $this->mo->topic;
 		$o->fftn_id = $our->id;
-		$o->kludges->put('CHRS:','UTF8 2');
+		$o->kludges->put('CHRS:','UTF-8 4');
 		$o->kludges->put('EVENT:',$this->mo->event_id);
 
 		// Message