diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 993506a..23923e5 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
     def do_POST(self):
         print(self.headers)
-        message = base64.b64decode(self.headers['X-Messages']).decode('ascii')
+        message = base64.b64decode(self.headers['X-Messages']).decode('utf8')
         self.send_response(200)
         self.end_headers()
         response = BytesIO()