diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
index f261c16d32..017a6f67d2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
@@ -9477,8 +9477,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                     return;
                 }
 
-                System.Text.ASCIIEncoding enc =
-                    new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
+                System.Text.UTF8Encoding enc =
+                    new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
                 string data = enc.GetString(a.Data);
                 //m_log.Debug(data);
                 NotecardCache.Cache(id, data);
@@ -9539,8 +9539,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                     return;
                 }
 
-                System.Text.ASCIIEncoding enc =
-                    new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
+                System.Text.UTF8Encoding enc =
+                    new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
                 string data = enc.GetString(a.Data);
                 //m_log.Debug(data);
                 NotecardCache.Cache(id, data);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
index bca019b72d..726b37a077 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
             notecardData = "Linden text version 2\n{\nLLEmbeddedItems version 1\n{\ncount 0\n}\nText length "
             + textLength.ToString() + "\n" + notecardData + "}\n";
 
-            asset.Data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(notecardData);
+            asset.Data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(notecardData);
             World.AssetService.Store(asset);
 
             // Create Task Entry
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                 AssetBase a = World.AssetService.Get(assetID.ToString());
                 if (a != null)
                 {
-                    System.Text.ASCIIEncoding enc = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
+                    System.Text.UTF8Encoding enc = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
                     string data = enc.GetString(a.Data);
                     NotecardCache.Cache(assetID, data);
                 }
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                 AssetBase a = World.AssetService.Get(assetID.ToString());
                 if (a != null)
                 {
-                    System.Text.ASCIIEncoding enc = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
+                    System.Text.UTF8Encoding enc = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
                     string data = enc.GetString(a.Data);
                     NotecardCache.Cache(assetID, data);
                 }
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                 AssetBase a = World.AssetService.Get(assetID.ToString());
                 if (a != null)
                 {
-                    System.Text.ASCIIEncoding enc = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
+                    System.Text.UTF8Encoding enc = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
                     string data = enc.GetString(a.Data);
                     NotecardCache.Cache(assetID, data);
                 }