diff --git a/src/mangosd/MaNGOSsoap.cpp b/src/mangosd/MaNGOSsoap.cpp
index fe358d28d..09ee0ed07 100644
--- a/src/mangosd/MaNGOSsoap.cpp
+++ b/src/mangosd/MaNGOSsoap.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ void MaNGOSsoapRunnable::run()
     struct soap soap;
     int m, s;
     soap_init(&soap);
+    soap_set_imode(&soap, SOAP_C_UTFSTRING);
+    soap_set_omode(&soap, SOAP_C_UTFSTRING);
     m = soap_bind(&soap, m_host.c_str(), m_port, 100);
 
     // check every 3 seconds if world ended
diff --git a/src/shared/revision_nr.h b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
index 990d10e2f..fda83330e 100644
--- a/src/shared/revision_nr.h
+++ b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #ifndef __REVISION_NR_H__
 #define __REVISION_NR_H__
- #define REVISION_NR "9593"
+ #define REVISION_NR "9594"
 #endif // __REVISION_NR_H__