diff --git a/sitecustomize.py b/sitecustomize.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d199caf7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sitecustomize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""
+This file sets the default encoding for the codebase to
+UTF-8 instead of ascii. This allows for just about any
+language to be used in-game.
+
+It is not advisable to change the value set below, as
+there will be a lot of encoding errors that result in
+server crashes.
+"""
+import sys
+sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/session.py b/src/session.py
index 2f2868b130..f307dc9662 100755
--- a/src/session.py
+++ b/src/session.py
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ class SessionProtocol(StatefulTelnetProtocol):
         Any line return indicates a command for the purpose of a MUD. So we take
         the user input and pass it to this session's pobject.
         """
-        try: 
-            test = u"%s" % data
-        except UnicodeDecodeError:
-            self.msg("Couldn't parse that - one or more characters were not recognized.")
-            return 
-        
         if self.pobject:
             # Session is logged in, run through the normal object execution.
             self.pobject.execute_cmd(data, session=self)