diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6aa73bcf41776a9276ff77d024c2aed2168e8065..71a4dc47f26b2f65583a25c16b7aa93a7f29a218 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ image: docker:20.10.9
 
 variables:
   DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
-  IMAGE_VER: 2.5.1
+  IMAGE_VER: 2.5.2
 
 services:
   - docker:20.10.9-dind
diff --git a/lib/CF/Controller/Websockets.pm b/lib/CF/Controller/Websockets.pm
index 1a5d4b1a9d811745308ff7bf3175598a9aab0a81..fe3aed4d64c554fd0b546d343cf3840c4e6da072 100644
--- a/lib/CF/Controller/Websockets.pm
+++ b/lib/CF/Controller/Websockets.pm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Controller';
 use Mojo::Pg::PubSub;
 use Digest::SHA qw(hmac_sha1_hex);
 use POSIX qw(ceil);
+use Encode qw(encode);
 
 use feature 'signatures';
 no warnings qw{ experimental::signatures };
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ sub main {
 
     $c->redis->pubsub->listen(
         notify => sub($pubsub, $payload) {
-            $c->send($payload);
+            $c->send(encode("UTF-8", $payload);
         }
     );