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diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
index 002b980f..c295b267 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ sub description {
                 my $desc = try_cat("$self->{inboxdir}/description");
                 local $/ = "\n";
                 chomp $desc;
+                utf8::decode($desc);
                 $desc =~ s/\s+/ /smg;
                 $desc eq '' ? undef : $desc;
         }) // '($INBOX_DIR/description missing)';