diff --git a/code/handlers/common.go b/code/handlers/common.go
index 0a594740..6bfac0cf 100644
--- a/code/handlers/common.go
+++ b/code/handlers/common.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func processUnicode(msg string) string {
 		r, _ := regexp.Compile(`\\u`)
 		s = r.ReplaceAllString(s, "")
 		i, _ := strconv.ParseInt(s, 16, 32)
-		return strconv.Itoa(int(i))
+		return string(rune(i))
 	})
 }