1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/utilities.cpp b/utilities.cpp
index 4f594cb..66389f0 100644
--- a/utilities.cpp
+++ b/utilities.cpp
@@ -934,7 +934,9 @@ int returnNoError(HANDLE hContact) {
 string toUTF8(wstring str)
 {
 	string ustr;
-	utf8::utf16to8(str.begin(), str.end(), back_inserter(ustr));
+	wstring tmpstr;
+	utf8::replace_invalid(str.begin(), str.end(), back_inserter(tmpstr));
+	utf8::utf16to8(tmpstr.begin(), tmpstr.end(), back_inserter(ustr));
 	return ustr;
 }