diff --git a/chat.py b/chat.py
index 4d15880..eafa255 100644
--- a/chat.py
+++ b/chat.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def messages_post():
         if sender != "somebody":
             message = "<" + sender + "> " + message.decode()
 
-        messages.append(Message(time, sender, sendertype, str(message, "UTF-8")))
+        messages.append(Message(time, sender, sendertype, message))
         url = 'http://10.0.5.42:8000/' # Set destination URL here
         post_fields = {'X-Messages': base64.b64encode(message)}