diff --git a/src/MatrixEventHandler.c b/src/MatrixEventHandler.c
index 638b5a3..6311fac 100644
--- a/src/MatrixEventHandler.c
+++ b/src/MatrixEventHandler.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ JoinMUC(ParseeData *data, HashMap *event, char *jid, char *muc, char *name, char
     char *sender = GrabString(event, 1, "sender");
 
     Unistr *uninick = UnistrCreate(name);
-    Unistr *filtered = UnistrFilter(uninick, UnistrIsBMP);
+    Unistr *filtered = UnistrFilter(uninick, UnistrIsASCII);		/* I'm not even going to try messing with the BMP anymore. */
     char *nick = UnistrC(filtered);
     char *rev = StrConcat(3, muc, "/", nick);
     int nonce = 0;