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-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
index f7184240..afe12bb3 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ sub run_reap {
 sub start_cmd {
         my ($self, $cmd, $opt, $fini) = @_;
         do_reap($self);
-        $self->{lei}->qerr("# @$cmd");
+        utf8::decode(my $msg = "# @$cmd");
+        $self->{lei}->qerr($msg);
         return if $self->{dry_run};
         $LIVE->{spawn($cmd, undef, $opt)} = [ \&reap_cmd, $self, $cmd, $fini ]
 }