diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 6674af6..6c67625 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class Message {
 let messages: Message[] = [];
 
 //const net = require('net');
+const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();
 import * as net from "net";
 let srv = net.createServer(function(socket: net.Socket) {
 	let addr = socket.address() as net.AddressInfo;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ let srv = net.createServer(function(socket: net.Socket) {
 			case 0x31:
 				let msize = 1
 				for (const i of messages) {
-					msize += i.toString().length;
+					msize += textEncoder.encode(i.toString()).length;
 				}
 				socket.write(String(msize));
 				socket.end();