diff --git a/libs/console/piterminal.cpp b/libs/console/piterminal.cpp
index 47bde073..a3f532dc 100644
--- a/libs/console/piterminal.cpp
+++ b/libs/console/piterminal.cpp
@@ -400,13 +400,13 @@ void PITerminal::run() {
 		if (PRIVATE->read_buf.size_s() == 1)
 			if (PRIVATE->read_buf[0] < 0x80) parse = true;
 		if (parse) {
-			parseInput(PIString(PRIVATE->read_buf));
+			parseInput(PIString::fromUTF8(PRIVATE->read_buf));
 			PRIVATE->read_buf.clear();
 		}
 		// printf("%s", PRIVATE->read_buf.data());
 	}
 	if (!used && !PRIVATE->last_read && !PRIVATE->read_buf.isEmpty()) {
-		parseInput(PIString(PRIVATE->read_buf));
+		parseInput(PIString::fromUTF8(PRIVATE->read_buf));
 		PRIVATE->read_buf.clear();
 	}
 	PRIVATE->last_read = false;