try to make motd utf8

components/motd.php

@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ $motd .= "---------------------------- [ http://sucs.org/ ] --------------------
 //if (time()-filemtime($motd_file) < 86000  && $poemmode == 1) { //86000 to allow a little slack depending on when cron runs
     // print "MOTD too recent to replace with a poem!\n";
 //} else {
-    file_put_contents($motd_file, $motd);
+    file_put_contents($motd_file, utf8_encode($motd));
 //}
 ?>