1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/noncore/net/opieirc/ircconnection.cpp b/noncore/net/opieirc/ircconnection.cpp
index 88e63f7..fb7e168 100644
--- a/noncore/net/opieirc/ircconnection.cpp
+++ b/noncore/net/opieirc/ircconnection.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ void IRCConnection::doConnect() {
 
 /* Send commands to the IRC server */
 void IRCConnection::sendLine(QString line) {
     while((line.right(1) == "\n") || (line.right(1) == "\r"))
         line = line.left(line.length() - 1);
     line.append("\r\n");
-    m_socket->writeBlock(line, line.length());
+    QCString uline = line.utf8();
+    m_socket->writeBlock(uline, uline.length());
 }
 
 void IRCConnection::sendCTCPReply(const QString &nickname, const QString &type, const QString &args) {
     sendLine("NOTICE " + nickname + " :\001" + type + " " + args + "\001"); 
 }
 
@@ -74,13 +75,13 @@ void IRCConnection::login() {
     sendLine(loginString);
 }
 
 /* Called when data arrives on the socket */
 void IRCConnection::dataReady() {
     while(m_socket->canReadLine()) {
-        IRCMessage message(m_socket->readLine());
+        IRCMessage message(QString::fromUtf8(m_socket->readLine()));
         if (!m_loggedIn && message.isNumerical() && message.commandNumber() == 1) {
             /* Now autojoin all channels specified inside the server profile */
             QStringList channels = QStringList::split(QChar(','), m_server->channels());
             for (QStringList::Iterator it = channels.begin(); it != channels.end(); ++it) {
                 QString channelName = (*it).stripWhiteSpace();
                 if (channelName.startsWith("#") || channelName.startsWith("+")) {