@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ internal StatusResponse GetNewStatus()
                 return null;
             }
             response = response.Replace("\\n", "");
-            byte[] bytes = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(response);
-            response = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
             List<StatusResponse> raw = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<StatusResponse>>(response);
             return raw[0];
         }
@@ -115,7 +113,10 @@ internal string Query(string request, bool oauth, bool cfid, int wait)
                 using (var wc = new ExtendedWebClient())
                 {
                     if (SpotifyLocalAPI.IsSpotifyRunning())
+                    {
+                        wc.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
                         response = "[ " + wc.DownloadString(address) + " ]";
+                    }
                 }
             }
             catch
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ internal StatusResponse GetNewStatus()`
`56`	`56`	`return null;`
`57`	`57`	`}`
`58`	`58`	`response = response.Replace("\\n", "");`
`59`		`- byte[] bytes = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(response);`
`60`		`- response = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);`
`61`	`59`	`List<StatusResponse> raw = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<StatusResponse>>(response);`
`62`	`60`	`return raw[0];`
`63`	`61`	`}`
`@@ -115,7 +113,10 @@ internal string Query(string request, bool oauth, bool cfid, int wait)`
`115`	`113`	`using (var wc = new ExtendedWebClient())`
`116`	`114`	`{`
`117`	`115`	`if (SpotifyLocalAPI.IsSpotifyRunning())`
	`116`	`+ {`
	`117`	`+ wc.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;`
`118`	`118`	`response = "[ " + wc.DownloadString(address) + " ]";`
	`119`	`+ }`
`119`	`120`	`}`
`120`	`121`	`}`
`121`	`122`	`catch`